Tin Sazeh Payvar Technical and Engineering

Established in January 2013, Reza Motallebi Kashani was chairman of Tin Sazeh Payvar’s board of directors. The company was set up for “procuring, designing, producing and assembling industrial, automatic, mechanical, electrical and diaphragm valves, spigots and faucets … any and all imports and exports … obtaining loans and lines of credit from banks and financial institutions… opening LCs… , participating in domestic and international, government and private tenders and contracts.” It was dissolved in March 2016.

Alvand Hospital and Maternity Care

For unexplained reasons this hospital was given to Reza Motallebi Kashani on July 4, 2008, and dissolved by him less than a year later, although public records do not reflect the dissolution until 2013. Motallebi Kashani was board chairman, shareholder, and treasurer of the hospital.

An account of what happened can be pieced together through news items such as a labor website’s copy of an ILNA story, which is no longer available in ILNA archives. It appears that on March 17, 2009, Alvand Hospital’s new shareholders—i.e., Motallebi Kashani and his business partner, Mehrdad Nouri—informed staff that the hospital would be closing for good. The 250 employees, shocked about losing their jobs just a few days before the Persian New Year (March 21), staged a protest in front of the hospital.

At the time, one protester told ILNA that some hospital staffers had been previously laid off because of what they were told would be renovations to the facility. A member of the hospital security added that the new shareholders had created countless problems after taking over, and despite promising to “increase salaries and improve the quality of life for staff they closed the hospital.”

According to the hospital.ir website, the private hospital was turned into a “commercial property.” Whether or not that was always the plan, the former hospital is located very close to major shopping centers like Alaeddin Mall, Iran Mobile Market, and Charsou Mall.

Cedar Medad Iran

This company, a producer of school supplies, was dissolved in 2018. But public records show that in 2006, Reza Motallebi Kashani was its board chairman, while Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, the late head of the Assembly of Experts, was a board member.

Maghz Medad Rayen

Another company connected to Cedar Medad, this one produced pencil lead. Reza Motallebi Kashani became its dissolution manager in 2006.

Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi

Hejazi stands out among the founding members of Andishehaye Imam Khomeini Culture and Research Institute, as he is IRGC and was recently appointed as Deputy Quds Force Commander.

He was deputy commander of the IRGC’s Tharrallah Headquarters, which is tasked with the security of the Iranian Capital and put down unrest during the protests that followed the 2009 presidential election.

Seyyed Mehdi Khamoushi

Khamoushi is a cleric with close ties to Ayatollah Khamanei as well as Majles Speaker Qalibaf and other members of the Islamic Republic ruling elites. Just like Kazem Rajabi Seddiqi, Khamoushi is also a member of the Tehran Seminary’s Management Council, serving as the secretary of the council.

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.

Seyyed Kazem Askari Majd

Founding board member of Allameh Asgari Institute, the son of Allameh Asgari, and also a trustee of Usul al-din Institute of Higher Education, which was founded by Allameh Asgari in Baghdad and later relocated to Iran.

Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Javdan

Founding board member of Allameh Asgari Institute, described as an ethics teacher who preaches to the religious and contributes to the Khamenei cult of personality, endorsing his leadership.

Abolqasem Shafiei

Founding board member of Allameh Asgari Institute, a businessman, politician, and founder of the Shahr-e Rey IRGC who also became a Tehran IRGC commander. He was connected to the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation. He died of COVID-19.

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