Quds Force in White Collars: Meet the Executives
The individuals and organizations behind one of Iran’s most secretive business networks.
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.
The path to sucess of recently elected legislator Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi reveals the central role that state-funded media organizations play in Iranian high politics.