Azad Pasargad Development’s articles of incorporation describe it as an “investment company” that “manages factories in any industrial sector” as well as participating in the “purchase, sales, packaging and distribution of all legal products,” “investment in foreign and domestic companies” and “managing, designing, supervising and implementing construction projects, land surveying, road construction and dam construction.”
Son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who served as vice chairman of Daftar Nashr Maaref Enqelab (aka Office of Publishing Revolution Learnings) from 2004 to 2013.
Established on May 8, 2016, Tamadon Azad Pars is involved in “investment, executing and operating projects [such as] tourism, recreational and hospitality facilities and any other activity related to tourism, raising capital and partnership with any and all foreign and domestic individuals and entities in the tourism sector . . . including hotels, hospitality centers, tourism, recreational, sports, cultural, historical, educational and business complexes,” “operating domestic and international tours via air, ground or sea,” and “partnering with production and economic units and investment in any and all domestic and international companies.”
The youngest son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Yaser Hashemi Bahramani, 50, is 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 Council. 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.”
Yasser’s business interests include Raha Mehr Vatan Charity, Sanati Tolidi Moratab, Tehran Airline (fka Safat Airline), and SCCV Rubis.
Vice chairman of the board of Tamadon Azad Pars who has been affiliated with SAIPA Sports Club, a multisport club based in Tehran and Karaj that owns a football team and has links to members of the Qalibaf network. He has also served on the board of bank subsidiaries such as Mellat Leasing (Bank Mellat subsidiary), Rahbaran Hadaf Arman (Bank Tose Saderat), and Dey Leasing (Bank Dey).
Eldest son of Mohsen Hashemi who served as CEO of Daftar Nashr Maaref Enqelab in 2013 and recently joined the board of Abnieh Gostar Karafarin, a Karafarin Bank (Entrepreneur’s Bank) subsidiary. EIKO is the majority shareholder in Karafarin Bank.
Board member of Tamadon Azad Pars who is also on the board of Azad Pasargad Development and represents the interests of ANA News Agency, which belongs to Islamic Azad University. Komaei is also the board chairman of a transportation company called Ofoq Etemad Kala Shahr-e Kord, a Bonyad Maskan subsidiary. Bonyad Maskan is one of the several bonyads overseen by the office of the supreme leader.
Publishing house dedicated to the works by and about Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Board chairman of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation who was also CEO of the Tehran Metro Company. Darvishi went on to become the CEO of Mofid Economic Group (EIKO) and then the CEO of the Police Co-operative Foundation.
Board member of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation (TUSRO) who also has ties to companies like Rasaneh Mehr Vatan (BTS), Kowsar Markazi Credit Institute (BTB), Ezam Management and Operation Co. (Ezam Group, Abbas Iravani3), and Parsian Oil and Gas Development (Ghadir Investment, Armed Forces).
Rabiei is the CEO of the US Treasury–sanctioned Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co (PGPIC) and deputy of projects and planning for the Defense Industries Organization (Armed Forces). He had a stint at the Expediency Council, and there were rumors that he was a contender for oil minister in Ebrahim Raisi’s administration.