Affiliation: IRGC
Reza Salarvand, born on March 4, 1991, is identified as the head of 'Intelligence Team 13', a unit under the 'Shahid Kaveh Group' which is part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cyber Command. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology Engineering from Azad University in 2017 with a GPA of 13. Salarvand's team is reportedly tasked with creating databases of targets such as cargo ships, gas stations, and maritime exchange control centers in the United States and other locations, with the aim of conducting cyberattacks against them. This information was revealed by the 'Labdookhtegan' group through Iran International's whistleblower system and has been verified by several cybersecurity experts consulted by Iran International.