Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran’s Supreme Oligarch (In Arabic)
مؤسسة دبل ثنك تدرس دورالمحسوبية في إفساد الاقتصاد الإيراني ابتداءًا من المصالح المالية الواسعة لشبكة عائلة خامنئي.
Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran’s Supreme Oligarch (In Persian)
In an expanded presentation, Doublethink maps out the extensive financial interests of the Khamenei family network.
Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran’s Supreme Oligarch
Doublethink investigates how nepotism corrupts Iran’s economy, starting with the extensive financial interests of the Khamenei family network.
A Look Inside EIKO, Khamenei’s Most Secretive Bonyad
New U.S. Treasury sanctions target EIKO. But who is this elusive entity? Doublethink takes a closer look.
A Deep Dive Into Bonyads and How They Work
For decades, Iran’s post-revolutionary governments have perpetuated a culture of opacity in political and economic dealings. This culture was exacerbated by Iran’s new ruling elites , who in their distrust of the former regime’s capitalist workings founded “bonyads,” or parastatal institutions intended to implement economic justice based on Islamic principles.
Bonyads | An Introduction
The largest bonyads are managed by leading clerics, politicians and generals, while members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) sit on the boards of important bonyad-run companies in nearly all economic sectors.
