[6] He was a major assistant, participant and co-founder of the Persian Wikipedia.

[8][9][failed verification] Pournader was born in Tehran, Iran, where he obtained his high school diploma in 1996 from Allameh Helli High Schools.

He graduated from Sharif University of Technology in the field of computer engineering.

[10] Pournader moved to California, where he worked at HighTech Passport, Ltd.

As of 2019[update], he works as a software engineer for WhatsApp, a Facebook company.