Hamed Hashemi

A relative of Maryam Salari’s and board member of Airsa Vision Parsian who is on the board of at least one other company connected to Yaser Hashemi and Maryam Salari’s network. Hamed Hashemi and Sima Farshchi (also a board member) established an import-export company on Qashem Island called Maysa Sanaat Jonob Qashem.

Raha Mehr Vatan Charity

Established in September 2019, this charity describes itself as a “non-political, not-for-profit, and non-governmental institute” that is focused on “healthcare.” The company’s board of directors consists of Yaser Hashemi, Maryam Salari, Leili Hashemi (daughter of Yaser Hashemi), Mahmoud Salari (father-in-law of Yaser Hashemi), and Massoud Khalili.

Massoud Khalili

Board member of Raha Mehr Vatan Charity who was also one of the founders of Iranian Equestrian Industry Co. and represented the interests of the Equestrian Federation of Iran on its board of directors.

Yaser Hashemi

The youngest son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, age 50, married to Maryam Salari. They have one daughter, Leili, who is married to Mohammad Mahdi Sanei Taheri.

Yaser was one of his father’s chiefs of staff at the Expediency Council. After Rafsanjani’s death, Yaser’s office was sealed shut and he was effectively purged from the EC. Yaser was reportedly also chief of staff of Azad University’s board of trustees. Rafsanjani’s archived website states that Yaser was once in the business of cheese imports.

According to a 2003 article in Forbes, “Yaser owns a 30-acre horse farm in the super fashionable Lavasan neighborhood of north Tehran, where land goes for over $4 million an acre. Just where did Yaser get his money? A Belgian-educated businessman, he runs a large export-import firm that includes baby food, bottled water and industrial machinery.”

Leili Hashemi

Daughter of Yaser Hashemi and board member of Raha Mehr Vatan Charity.

Mahmoud Salari

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Massoud Khalili

Board member of Raha Mehr Vatan Charity and one of the founders of Iranian Equestrian Industry Co.

Mahmoud Yazdi

Long-time business partner involved in various Yaser Hashemi/Maryam Salari companies. Yazdi is the treasurer of Raha Mehr Vatan Charity and the vice chairman of another company called Paranedeh Sefid Kahkeshan, which “obtains visas, operates domestic and international tours,” and engages in “travel ticket sales, hotel reservations, and any other activity directly or indirectly related to passenger transportation.”

Davoud Soleimani

Inspector for Raha Mehr Vatan Charity. Soleimani is connected to various other businesses linked to Yaser Hashemi’s family. He is also the CEO of a travel agency called Shajareh Taneem that operates Haj tours.

Soraya Marashi

Relative of Yaser Hashemi and Alternate inspector for Raha Mehr Vatan Charity.

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