The Rafsanjani Children, Part 4: Mehdi Hashemi
The late president’s middle son, now serving a 10-year jail sentence, was mired in business scandals for decades.
The late president’s middle son, now serving a 10-year jail sentence, was mired in business scandals for decades.
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.
In the Iranian legal system, no law provides for the transparency of presidential election campaign funding.
The former bonyad CEO’s network of “do-gooders” includes embezzlers and sex traffickers.
Eight scandals featuring the former bonyad exec’s business network.
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.
An industrialist’s vast business network illuminates how Iran’s political right is beholden to clerical and military elites.
Conflicts of interest, nepotism, and preferential treatment pervade charity ownership among Iran’s ruling elite.
How a wealthy, unelected right-winger pulls the strings of his coalition.
An airline executive with a long military record assumes an influential legislative post, expanding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ political clout.
Parliament speaker Mohammad Qalibaf is filling top posts with friends and confederates such as Ahadian, an in-law of the supreme leader’s.