Affiliation: IRGC/APT35
Davood Ghanbari (داوود قنبری) (National ID: 0045741301) serves as a Board Member of Zharf Andishan Tafakor Sefid (ژرف اندیشان تفکر سفید), company registration number 14008203298, one of the primary front companies established to conceal Department 40/APT35 operations under Abbas Rohroei's command. This company is associated with the former Shohada Base headquarters and works alongside CEO Manouchehr Vosoughi Nayeri (also known as Mohsen Faroughi). Ghanbari's role involves the administrative and legal management of this shell entity which provides corporate cover for IRGC Division 1500 intelligence operations. The front company facilitates Department 40's cyber espionage activities, procurement of technical infrastructure, and management of personnel conducting state-sponsored hacking campaigns. Through these shell companies, Department 40 conducts operations including data collection in tourism and travel sectors, surveillance and targeting of dissidents, recruitment of agents in UAE and Israel, offensive cyber operations, covert operations against regional targets, intelligence gathering on foreign embassies, and development of explosive drones and balloons for terrorist activities.