Pasta tycoon whose vast business network includes more than 94 individuals, including a former Revolution Court prosecutor linked to human rights violations, a Tehran city councilman who served as vice president in the late Hashemi Rafsanjani’s administration, and a Friday prayer leader infamous for stating that inadequately covered women cause earthquakes.
Motallebi Kashani’s network consists of charities, religious institutions, and a range of businesses including pasta factories, international traders, engineering firms, and oil and gas companies. Many of the organizations he is involved with put him in direct contact with the higher echelons of the Islamic Republic, including Friday prayer leaders, current and former ministers, MPs and city council members, Quds Force officers, and members of Supreme Leader Khamenei’s family.