Established in October 2003, Amin Kafaf was created with the purpose of conducting “any and all permissible economic activities including import-export, purchase and sales related to agriculture, mining, industries, production, construction, stocks etc.”
The company’s founding board consisted of Ala Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi (board chairman), Seyyed Ali Naqi Seyyed Khamoushi (vice chairman), Mohsen Rafiqdoust (CEO), Mohammad Javad Rafiqdoust (board member), Reza Rafiqdoust (VP), Asadollah Asgaroladi (board member), Abbas Saeedinejad (board member), and Abolfazl Haji Heydari (board member).
Abolfazl Haji Heydari (d. 2014) was one of the individuals involved in the assassination of Pahlavi-era prime minister Hasan Ali Mansour.
While none of the original founding members are still on the board of Amin Kafaf, the current board of directors features individuals like Mohammad Javad Shamsian (CEO), Gholamreza Firouzian Haji (board chairman), and Navid Jafarinejad (board member).
Mohammad Javad Shamsian, as vice chairman, and Jalal Shamisian, as CEO and board chairman, are on the board of a company called Novin Orafa. According to its website, Novin Orafa has held exclusive rights to:
– Ads displayed in Iran’s video rental network (2001–6)
– Using TV characters in advertisements (2001)
– Ads displayed on footbridges in the cities of Tehran (2003–7), Eslamshahr and Golestan(2004–7), Karaj (2005–9), and Boomehen (2003–13), as well as northern Iran (2005–11)
– Digital billboards across Tehran (2006–7)
– Finding sponsors for the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema) (2011–13)
– All domestic and foreign commercials on IRIB (2003–5). The company is a member of the consortium of companies permitted to accept and broadcast IRIB ads
– Ads displayed at Mehrabad Airport’s Terminal 6 (2003–7)
– All ads displayed outside and inside Imam Khomeini International Airport
– Foreign ads shown during the Persian Gulf Pro League football matches (2004–7)
The company has produced ads for various bonyad-owned companies, including Irancell (BM-EIKO), BM’s Financial and Credit Institute (now Bank Sina), Tak Makaron (Mottalebi Kashani), Rayen Automakers (Hassan Pelarak, QF), Day Insurance (BS), LG, Panasonic, JVC, Tefal, BEEM, Mulinex, Daewoo, Samsung, Canon, and Nokia.
Novin Orafa has produced and funded at least ten cinematic productions.
Another Novin Orafa executive, Gholamreza Firouzian Haji, was appointed as the VP for marketing and sales of the Iranian Tobacco company in 2014 and held the position for at least two years. He has held administrative positions in Majles and the Tehran Municipality, and was the director of marketing for the Tehran University Investment Organization.
Navid Jafarinejad, an Amin Kafaf board member, was previously on the board of BTS-linked companies such as Aval Mobin Saba Services.
Jafarinejad and Mohammad Javad Shamsian were both on the founding board of a company called Marja Gostaresh Khadamat-e Refahi va Elmi-e Saramad. Launched in November 2019, the company’s articles of incorporation say it is involved in “buying and selling smart cards,” “import-export of and offering after sales services for any and all legal products, participating in government and private tenders, onlines sales of goods and services . . . and customs services,” among other things. According to its profile on the job listing website Irantalent, the company is a service provider that offers “technological and payment solutions such as smart cards [and] mobile apps.”
