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Association of Charities Supporting the Expansion of Seminaries (ACSES)

Mohsen Rafiqdoust is a trustee and current vice chairman of the board of directors.

The current and past board members and trustees of this charity include Ali Khamenei’s relatives such as Ebrahim Ansarian and Mahmoud Loulachian as well as former attorney general and current member of the Assembly of Experts Morteza Moqtadaei, former Rouhani chief-of-staff and current vice president for economic affairs Mohammad Nahavandian, and IEO founder Ala Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi.

National Association of Charities Constructing Mosques

This mosque-building charity was founded in 2012. Its founding members include Mahmoud Lolachian (Khamenei family) as board chairman, Mohsen Rafiqdoust as vice chairman, Hossein Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi 10, Majid Shayesteh (Mohsen Qarati’s son-in-law), and Mojtaba Araqchi. With the exception of Shayesteh, everyone else on the founding board of this institute is also on the board of Imam Mahdi Cultural Bonyad (see below).

Ahdaf Nikan

This institution appears to be involved in charitable affairs and offers “necessary assistance to charities, the needy, the underprivileged, orphans and the elderly” and is involved in “opening/ building schools, clinics, hospitals and housing and in general undertaking public interest projects,” according to an item posted on the Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Science and Technology website.

Mohsen Rafiqdoust is the chairman of this company’s board of directors. The other two board members are Akbar Ghamkhar and Hossein Akhavan.

Akbar Ghamkhar

Vice Chairman and Board Member of Ahdaf Nikan. Ghamkhar is an IRGC commander who was the Guards’ logistical director and head of the IRGC Nouh HQ during the 1980s war with Iraq. According to Tasnim, after the Iraq-Iran War, Ghamkhar headed the BM hotels and tourism division and later became the CEO of the IRGC Cooperative Foundation (BTS) for several years. He subsequently headed the Touring & Automobile Club of Iran and briefly became the CEO of FC Persepolis (three years). Ghamkhar also managed Fath Tehran FC and was the chairman of the board of Sabaye Qom FC.

Hossein Akhavan

CEO and Board Member of Ahdaf Nikan. Akhavan is the founder of Omid Nikan Group, a holding company with subsidiaries inside and outside Iran including Akebono Boeki, Najm Al Afaq, DK Composites, Moj Nikan Co, Nour Ista Plastic, Noor Ista Khorasan, Vesal Qeshm, Paya Plast Iranian, Polymeri Tadbir Nikan Co., Emen Ista Electric Co., Towse-e Aria Peyvand Co. (Tapco), Tadbir Nikan Iran, Darougostar Tadbir Nikan, Bonsai Massage and Beauty, and SPA Hana.

IRAN’S HOUSE OF CHARITIES (KHANEH KHAYYERIN IRAN)

Founded in May 2004, this institution’s articles of incorporation state it was set up to “promote the culture of benevolence and charity in the country,” “prepare the grounds for increasing public participation in charitable affairs,” “strengthen the financial means of charitable institutions,” “work towards developing

Abdolreza Kashani

Son of Reza Motallebi Kashani through whom he has extensive ties to Canada, where he makes sizable donations to charities such as St. Paul’s Foundation in Vancouver, to which he gave $2 million in 2015 and an undisclosed amount in memory of his daughter Zahra Motallebi Kashani in 2019–2020.

Ard Daran

Established in 2003, Ard Daran is a flour milling unit that belongs to Tak Makaron. Reza Motallebi Kashani is currently the board chairman of Ard Daran.

Taksaran Parmis Trade Co

Established in May 2011, Taksaran Parmis is part of the Tak Makaron group. The company was originally established to “procure, and distribute any and all permissible products, investment in domestic or international public, private and co-op companies, marketing, import-export, and procuring raw material,” but in 2020 the company’s charter was changed and it is now geared toward providing urban transportation services, product packaging, packing and moving furniture, and freight shipping and transportation. This change in the charter is not reflected on the company’s website.

Reza Motallebi Kashani is currently the board chairman of Taksaran Parmis.

Pars Eqtesad Tin

According to its articles of incorporation, this company is involved in “trade, production, montage, packaging and import-export,” “customs broker for raw materials, vegetable, animal, food, medicine, textile, celuloze, metal, chemical products,” trade activities pertaining to “equipment, machinery, software and hardware systems,” and “participation in domestic and international expos.”

Reza Motallebi Kashani is currently the board chairman of Pars Eqtesad Tin.