Established on August 30, 2000, this bonyad is involved in “educational, research, and missionary activities,” “publishes books and distributes CDs,” and establishes “educational centers.” The bonyad also “monitors deviant currents and networks that create and cast doubt on the issue of Mahdaviat.”
Mohsen Rafiqdoust is a life-time trustee of this foundation along with cleric Mohsen Qaraati (head of the Prayers Headquarters), Seyyed Mojtaba Araqchi (head of the handwoven carpet guild of Tehran and brother of Abbas Araqchi, the political deputy of the foreign minister), Hassan Firouzabadi (senior military advisor to the supreme leader and member of the Expediency Council), Mahmoud Lolachian (Meysam Khamenei’s father-in-law), Mohammad Reza Ayatollahi (former minister of industries, former deputy director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, former governor general of Tehran), Hossein Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi (former judiciary speaker, current Majles legal affairs deputy), and Hossein Mozaffar (former education minister), among others.
Former IRGC commander-in-chief Yahya Rahim Safavi, currently the supreme leader’s special military adviser, is the chairman of this bonyad’s board of directors.
In an interesting crossover between Rafiqdoust’s various networks, the Prayers Headquarters headed by Mohsen Qaraati states on its website that one of its missions is using its promotional capacities to advance the agenda of Imam Mahdi Cultural Bonyad.
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