Regime-Ordered Web Blackouts Jeopardize Iranians’ Incomes
Repeated internet shutdowns are breaking the digital economy millions depend on.
Repeated internet shutdowns are breaking the digital economy millions depend on.
Affordability rather than availability is key threat to Iranians’ food security.
From surging inflation to supply chain disruption to industrial havoc, a crisis could be nearing its breaking point.
Mobarakeh Steel, reportedly targeted by both the US and Israel, plays an outsize role in Iran’s corruption-riddled economy. The targeting of major Iranian steel plants by Israeli and US forces is threatening the future of Mobarakeh Steel, one of the largest producers in the MENA
The small island tells the story of oil wealth siphoned, culture sidelined, and a landscape steadily militarized in the name of security.
The former police chief, mayor and manager likes getting his hands dirty in big projects. How will he exploit this moment in the crumbling Islamic Republic to make his next move?
A closer look at the institutions and relationships underpinning the principlist politician’s influence
For years Mojtaba Khamenei operated in the shadows. Now he’s Supreme Leader. Here’s the empire behind him.
How proceeds from a government-led sell off meant to help the country’s health institutions is going to the wrong hands.
Tehran Bureau pursues its one-of-a-kind investigations into Iran’s bonyads and the Khamenei family. The articles here provide unparalleled detail about the clans that run the country’s political business empires.
A list of companies audited by Mofid Rahbar, an accountancy that exclusively services organizations overseen by Ayatollah Khamenei’s office, reveals nearly 200 private businesses linked to the regime. They include book publishing, banking and food-producing brands Iranians encounter on a daily basis.
The Supreme Leader’s Office and the large bonyads it oversees are involved in each step of the gasoline production process, from oil extraction to petrochemical production.
A Doublethink investigation digs up documents that show the Iranian government’s persistent neglect of Hepco’s privatization woes.
Doublethink research shows overwhelming government and bonyad ties with Iran’s “private” sector.
A rare move by U.S. Treasury acknowledges the economic over reach of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inside Iran.
A rare glimpse into the workings of Iran’s economic system was provided May 4 by Mohammad Sarafraz, the former chairman of state-run broadcasting giant the Islamic Republic Institute of Broadcasting (IRIB).
Corruption is Khamenei’s way of controlling the government and seizing more power.
The Khameneis and their family members own or control Iran’s major newspapers, publishing houses, news agencies and cultural institutions.
An analysis of official data shows how top-performing companies are linked to bonyads, the government or both
Khamenei’s office puts up obstacles to transparency to protect its own interests
As Iran’s economy struggles, Khamenei’s office is founding new companies in tech, finance and pharma
An insider’s testimony about the genesis of bonyads and the dynamics of Iran’s pseudo-privatization.
Why this essential term must be redefined for an Iranian context.
A bill addressing the leading cause of corruption has languished in the Majles for over two years.
The lives, business interests, and influential connections of the late president’s five children.
The late president established a corrupt system that continues to benefit elite clans, including his own.
The late president’s youngest son and his wife, Maryam Salari, are at the heart of an extensive business network.
The two daughters of the late president have wide-ranging business interests, based in both inheritance and marriage.
The late president’s middle son, now serving a 10-year jail sentence, was mired in business scandals for decades.
Eggs, a common substitute for meat, now triple the average price Americans pay.
Soaring food prices primary culprit as inflation rate over past 12 months hits 50%.
Multiple job actions by teachers and petrochemical workers across the country.
Despite his links to crime and corruption, Mohsen Rafiqdoust controls prestigious private schools.
The custodians of Mashhad’s Imam Reza Shrine have turned the pilgrimage site into a political money machine.
One of the central figures in Iran’s kleptocracy now heads its government.
The supposed father of the feared “Iranian bomb” never published a scholarly work, but his family’s firms have done very well for themselves.
The individuals and organizations behind one of Iran’s most secretive business networks.
Qasem Soleimani’s legacy lies not in his military prowess, but in the business empire he helped create.
The financial institutions behind one of Iran’s most secretive business networks.
The Iranian pharmaceutical industry receives over $10 billion in government subsidies annually. It’s also so corrupt and inept that patients sometimes pay with their lives.
The family of Mohsen Rezaei, IRGC chief for 16 years, has the power to veto parliamentary legislation, mastermind covert ops, and direct the content of Iran’s most popular news site.
IRGC linchpin Mohsen Rezaei’s foundation attracts Revolutionary Guard officers and right-wing clerics with interests from high politics to helicopter and pasta production.
An investigation into Tabnak, Iran’s most visited news website, shows how the state-funded outlet advances the private interests of its owner, longtime IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei.
A look at the links between Mohsen Rezaei, longtime IRGC head and Expediency Council member, and Mohammad Qalibaf, former Tehran mayor and high-ranking Guard officer.
As mayor, Qalibaf awarded the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbia conglomerate, which he once headed, an exclusive $6.06 billion urban development contract, bypassing lawful procedures.
The Dastgheib family is mired in controversy surrounding the destruction of cultural heritage sites and the bullying of a seminary whistleblower who raised the issue.
A prominent newspaper editor related to Ali Khamenei benefited from the forced takeover of reformist media by courts close to the Supreme Leader’s Office.
Scrutiny of the outspoken Tehran MP’s family ties and business holdings shows him to be in collusion with the very individuals he publicly criticizes.
The Revolutionary Guard mastermind is at the epicenter of several powerful networks whose members hold key positions in the pivotal Expediency Council.
A reformist MP’s illustrious political career is studded with prestigious appointments, awards of merit, and one-on-one meetings with regime elites like the late General Qasem Soleimani.