Tehran Metro

Tehran’s rapid transit system. Habibollah Bourbour replaced Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani on the board of this company, owned by Tehran Municipality, in 2013 and remained in this position until at least April 2018.

Issa Kalantari

Head of Iran’s Environment Protection Organization who appointed Habibollah Bourbour as his advisor in 2017.

Mostafa Pourmohammadi

Former justice minister who appointed Habibollah Bourbour as his deputy for development and management. Both Pourmohammadi and Bourbour were among the founding members of the National Council of Charities (NCC). The two have a close relationship and when Pourmohammadi launched his presidential bid in 2012, Bourbour became his campaign manager.

National Council of Charities

An umbrella NGO comprising eight family-owned foundations. Habibollah Bourbour was one of the founding members. Other NCC founding members include former justice and interior minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, former education minister Hossein Mozaffar, and longtime politician Abbas Sheybani.

Khayerin Omid Keshvar

Charity headed by Habibollah Bourbour which describes itself as a “non-political, not-for-profit, non-governmental, and volunteer” institution that “facilitates charitable projects and regulates charitable affairs across the country.”

Society of Charities Donating to Women’s Seminaries

This conservative institution’s articles of association state that it was founded to “institutionalize balanced, durable, and religious families based on Islamic teachings,” to “help the independence of seminaries through popular participation and donations,” and to “help women grow to protect family values.” Despite its focus on women’s issues, there is only one woman, Khadijeh Neyzari, among its nine board members. Habibollah Bourbour is one of the founding members.

Mahmoud Lolachian

Father-in-law of Ali Khamenei’s son Meysam and co-founder of Rahmat-e Vase’eh Bonyad along with Habibollah Bourbour.

Rahmat-e Vase’eh

Charity devoted to the impoverished and founded by Habibollah Bourbour and Mahmoud Lolachian, a relative of Khamenei.

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