Sharyar Zolali

Trustee, CEO, and board member of Mola al-Movahedin Charity (MMC). Zolali is also on the board of various MMC entities, including Mahan Air (a position he has held for nearly two decades), Khayyer Kerman Trade Co., and Omran Mehr Shahdad. Zolali is also on the board of various Kerman-based charities along with members of the Arabnejad Khanouki family.

Nour Foundation

The Rafiqdoust clan’s main bonyad, in which several family members hold executive positions. Mohsen Rafiqdoust, the CEO and board chairman, founded it in March 1994. His sons Amir Hossein (vice chairman), Yasser (board member), and Saeed (trustee) are also involved with the foundation.

Ali Ghazanfari

Trustee and board secretary of Mola al-Movahedin Charity (MMC). Ghazanfari was the governor of Kerman from March 21, 1981, to March 20, 1987. He represents the interests of Mola al-Movahedin Charity (MMC) with Hazar Kerman Trade Co. and Karmania Auto Co. and serves on the board of Saman Insurance, which belongs to Bank Saman. He is also connected to Sadouq Bonyad, which is overseen by the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and has ties to former president Seyyed Mohammad Khatami.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Ghayouri

One of Nour Foundation’s founding members and former trustees who was also the founder of the Islamic Revolution Committees of Shahr-e Rey; the Friday prayer leader and Supreme Leader’s representative in Rey; one of the founding members of the Islamic Economy Organization (IEO), which encompasses 1,200 lending funds and credit institutions; a trustee of the Abdol Azim Shrine; and the custodian of the Ibn Babawayh Shrine. Ghayouri was also one of the founders of Baqiyat Salehat Charity and the Almahdi Bonyad, which operates in Africa.

Sadouq Bonyad

A bonyad affiliated with Bank Saman and overseen by the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. It also has ties to former president Mohammad Khatami.

Ali Pahlavanzadeh

Trustee and board member of Mola al-Movahedin Charity (MMC). He is a member of the board of Kerman Drug Industries Co., which has ties to the Khomeini Shrine Bonyad and the Khomeini Works Publication House, both of which have received billions of tomans in the Iranian budget.

Mohammad Farshad

Trustee and corporate inspector for Mola al-Movahedin Charity (MMC). Farshad was the governor of Kahnouj, Kerman Province, in the 1980s. His past positions include director general of the Iranian National Tax Administration office of Guilan Province in the Rafsanjani and Khatami administrations, and intelligence and political deputy of the governor general of Kerman in the Khatami administration. Since August 27, 2017, he has been the head of Kerman City Council. Farshad was the board chairman of a company called Farazan Consulting Engineers until October 2019. According to its website, this firm has undertaken major Kerman development projects such as the Kerman Trade Chamber building, Kerman Seminary building, Zarand City Morgue, and the Zarand and Rafsanjan Zoorkhaneh. Farshad is also one of the founders and the secretary general of the Development and Liberation of Kerman Province Party (DLKP).

Farzan Consulting Engineers

Farazan Consulting Engineers was founded by Mohammad Javad Fadaei Fathabadi, and according to its website, it has undertaken major Kerman development projects such as the Kerman Trade Chamber building, Kerman Seminary building, Zarand City Morgue, and the Zarand and Rafsanjan Zoorkhaneh.

Hamid Aslani

Aslani is an IRGC commander and the vice chairman of the board at Mola al-Movahedin Charity (MMC). He has served as the deputy executive director of the IRGC command, head of the Sacred Defense Documents and Research Center, and vice chairman of the IRGC Retirees Co. He was recently appointed executive director of the Majles by Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, himself a former Revolutionary Guard. Aslani is currently the board chairman of Mahan Safir Mehr Co., which, according to public records, transports flight crews to and from airports, offers customs services, and is involved in import-export and construction and renovation activities. The company was founded by Reza Namakshenas. Aslani is also the board chairman of Sepehr Kaveh Kish International, an import-export company registered on Kish Island, as are scores of Sepah Cooperative Foundation (BTS) businesses. This company was also founded by Reza Namakshenas. Aslani was once on the board of a Mahan subsidiary called Pardis Parham Kish.

Khorasan Newspaper

Formerly reformist newspaper subjected to a forced takeover by courts close to the Supreme Leader’s Office. Mohammad Saeed Ahadian has served as the editor-in-chief of this paper for over a decade and a half.

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