Iran’s Invisible Supreme Leader

Political Business Empires

10 March 2026

For years Mojtaba Khamenei operated in the shadows. Now he’s Supreme Leader. Here’s the empire behind him.

Even as the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, continues to operate in the shadows. He is rumoured to be injured, even dead, and his concealed whereabouts evoke the imagery of a “hidden Imam” central to Shi’a ideology. Although his brothers and other relatives serve on the boards of influential businesses and institutions, his name does not appear in any public business registries. This murky role has made him a useful figure in the Islamic Republic’s opaque power structure.

Until recently, regime propaganda led the Iranian public to believe that the Supreme Leader and his family refrain from business and politics. Ali Khamenei explicitly forbade his sons from engaging in such activities, an edict often repeated by hardline politicians. Behind the scenes, his son Mojtaba was the eminence grise of the Supreme Leader’s Office (Beyt-e Rahbari), acting as the go-between his father and the vast security apparatus and strategic economic empire the Beyt oversaw.

Through his role in the Beyt, Mojtaba has privileged knowledge of the security and financial systems that prop up the Islamic Republic’s power structures. Intentionally circular in nature, this self-reinforcing network of unelected institutions was created by the Islamic Republic’s founders to protect their interests.

It also allowed the Khamenei family to gain control of lucrative companies in strategic industries. Legal privileges allowed the Khameneis to move vast amounts of funds–including those allotted from public coffers– across industrial sectors, funnel money abroad, and crush competition–all in an effort to maximize private profits.

The Supreme Leaders’ Financial Portfolio

The Beyt-e Rahbari is the only entity within Iran’s ruling structure with the legal power to oversee and regulate the financial activities of major bonyads, including Astan-e Qods Razavi and the IRGC’s Sepah Cooperative Foundation and Khatam al-Anbia, as our deep dive on bonyads has shown.

In addition, the Beyt directly oversees an array of umbrella organizations that function as predatory conglomerates as well as propaganda machines. They include: Bonyad Mostazafan (BM), Bonyad Shahid (BS), EIKO, Bonyad Sadouq, Development and Improvement of National Endowments Bonyad (BTOM), Bonyad Maskan, Endowment and Charity Affairs Organization (Oqaf), Imam Khomeini Relief Fund (IKRF), Astan Qods Razavi (AQR), Tamin Social Security Fund, Islamic Development Organization (IDO), 15 Khordad Bonyad, Islamic Economy Organization (IEO), etc.

Though the financials of these organizations are legally shielded from the eyes of elected officials, one institution manages them all: Mofid Rahbar, an auditing firm that exclusively services the companies that fall under the Beyt’s purview. Among the 403 known organizations audited by Mofid Rahbar are book publishing, banking and food-producing brands Iranians encounter on a daily basis. Please see our Updated List of Companies Audited by Mofid Rahbar for a complete overview.

The Khamenei Family Tree

Mojtaba’s family network operates an extensive network of businesses in strategic industries including oil & gas, construction, publishing, export/import, healthcare, media and technology. A significant number of these companies are co-owned by major bonyads. Others lead to cultural, educational or welfare organizations. Still others are linked to elected governmental bodies, such as the Tehran Municipality. The national budget funds the operating costs of many of these institutions.

Mojtaba’s brothers

While Mojtaba himself doesn’t appear in any business records, his brothers founded various charities. These ostensibly “cultural” institutions engage in the publication of books and periodicals, but also own other active companies, land, and endowed properties, which allowed them to facilitate the opaque transfers of state-owned assets. The national budget funds the operating costs of many of these institutions.

Seyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei

Founding Member of the Islamic Culture Publishing Office

Seyed Meysam Hosseini Khamenei

Rahpouyan Sepehr Charitable Foundation
Member of the Board of Trustees and Member of the Board of Directors of Kowsar Cultural Foundation
Founding Member of the Islamic Culture Publishing Office

Seyed Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (Seyed Mohsen Hosseini Khamenei)

Founding Member of the Islamic Culture Publishing Office

Mojtaba’s In-Laws

Mojtaba married into the Haddad-Adel family. His father-in-law, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, served as Majlis speaker and held positions in various think-tanks, councils and foundations including the Expediency Council.

He owns Mehr Farhang School, one of the most expensive in Iran.

His son Farideddin is a trustee of Tasnim Nour Institute, along with Meysam Khamenei. Farideddin is on the board of Tehran Times daily, Mehr News Agency, Jam-e Jam daily, National Retirement Fund-owned Omid Gostar News Agency, Hamshahri Magazines, as well as the Basij-owned Razmandegan Eslam Cultural and Educational Institute.

Haddad’s other son-in-law, Rouhollah Rezaei, is the nephew of IRGC commander and former hostage-taker Mohsen Vezvayi. After a stint in the Ministry of Communications & Technology, Rezaei resigned due to a scandal. He then joined Digikala, Iran’s version of Amazon, as VP of Innovation.

Paternal Brothers and Blood Relatives

Financial Institutions

Mojtaba’s youngest paternal uncle, the late Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s brother Mohammad Hassan, is a board member of oil and gas, petrochemical, cement, and construction companies affiliated with various financial institutions and foundations such as Bank Melli, Bank Saderat, the National Banks’ Employees Retirement, Disability, and Savings Fund, Mostazafan Foundation, the bonyad EIKO, and Tehran Municipality.

Charitable and For-Profit Organizations

Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s elder brother, Mohammad, along with his children, owns the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation (Bonyad-e Hekmat-e Eslami-ye Sadra). This foundation has several subsidiary companies that provide cold storage and transportation services. Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei is the Head of the Iranology Foundation and has served two terms in the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the first term of the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution. Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s other brother, Hadi, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic History Research Institute (Pajooheshkadeh-ye Tarikh-e Eslam) and owns the Hayat-e No Cultural and Artistic Institute. Despite the closure of the Hayat-e No newspaper, this institute has not been dissolved.

Oil and Gas and Construction

Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s cousin, Vahid Vaezzadeh Khorasani (son of Fatemeh Mirdamadi), is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of some of the Martyrs Foundation’s construction companies and a board member of Pasargad Oil Company, affiliated with Tamin Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Investment Company. Vahid Vaezzadeh Khorasani is the son-in-law of Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the Prosecutor General of the country.

Censorship

A large number of Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s relatives are members of the board of directors and board of trustees of companies, charities, foundations, and cultural institutions that have defined their scope of activity as “achieving the goals desired by the Supreme Leader and the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” “expansion of the values and ideals of the Islamic Revolution,” protecting… social norms, and promoting and popularizing the injunction of commanding right and forbidding wrong in cyberspace.”

Policymaking for the Elimination of Dissidents

Mohammad Vaezzadeh Khorasani, Khamenei’s maternal uncle’s husband, was a member of the Board of Trustees of Razavi Islamic Sciences University, affiliated with Astan Quds Razavi, before his death. Khamenei’s cousin, Sadeq Vaezzadeh Khorasani, is a member of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) and the Secretary General of the Iranian Council on International Relations. “Expansion of the influence of Islamic culture in society’s affairs, strengthening the cultural revolution, promoting public culture, and purifying scientific and cultural environments from materialistic ideas and negating the manifestations and effects of Westoxication” are among the goals of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution. This council has played an important role in purging universities of dissident professors. The members of this council are chosen by the Leader of the Islamic Republic, and only he can annul its approvals.

Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Khamenei

Representative of Mashhad in the First and Second terms of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Member of the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution
Head of the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Head of the Iranian Studies Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hekmat Sara, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Mulla Sadra Association, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the House of Wisdom and Philosophy, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Scientific Association of History of Philosophy, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation

Seyed Hadi Hosseini Khamenei

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic History Research Institute
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hayat-e No Cultural and Artistic Institute
Managing Editor of Jahan-e Eslam newspaper
Representative of Fariman in the First term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
Representative of Tehran in the Sixth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly

Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Rassam Non-Profit University
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sepehr Hashtom Urban Development Investment, affiliated with the National Banks’ Employees Retirement and Savings Fund
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hegmatan Cement, affiliated with the Mostazafan Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Payam-e Resa Company
Member of the Board of Directors of Shazand Petrochemical, affiliated with Bank Melli
Member of the Board of Directors of Firoozkooh Cement
Member of the Board of Directors of Beenas Energy
Member of the Board of Directors of Atmosfer Manufacturing and Industrial Plants
Member of the Board of Directors of Chin Chin Agriculture and Industry
Member of the Board of Trustees of Mehr Reza Pilgrim House, affiliated with Alavi Foundation (Mostazafan Foundation)
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liser Mah Oil, Gas, Energy, and Petrochemical Company

Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Khamenei

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Karvan Transportation, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Autosard Company, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Mulla Sadra Association, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation
Treasurer of Homaye Hekmat Charity

Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Khamenei

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Homaye Hekmat Charity
CEO of Homaye Hekmat Charity
Member of the Board of Directors of Ehya Fanavar Abzar
Member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Scientific Association of Qur’anic Miracles
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alvand Catalyst Pioneers
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hirad Mohaqeq Iranian Medical Equipment
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yாவarandishan Salamati Company
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hirad Teb Abzar Qeshm
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Khorasan Khodro Exhaust, affiliated with Iran Khodro
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Behin Roshd Qeshm
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Housing Cooperative of the Rehabilitation Faculty of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akam Sazeh Atieh Company

Seyyedeh Zohreh Hosseini Khamenei

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Homaye Hekmat Charity
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rouh Al-Jinan Cultural Institute of Qur’an and Etrat, affiliated with Nahj al-Balagha Foundation

Seyyedeh Monireh Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Directors of Homaye Hekmat Charity
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clean Cyberspace Developers Association (Famp)
Faculty Member of K. N. Toosi University of Technology

Seyyedeh Zahra Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Directors of Homaye Hekmat Charity
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rahab Sazeh Parsian

Seyed Mohammad Reza Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Directors of Homaye Hekmat Charity

Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Khamenei (not to be mistaken with Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s brother, Mohammad)

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ehya Fanavar Abzar
CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Ideh Pardazan Pishro Rah Ayandeh Company

Maryam Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Directors of Hayat-e No Cultural and Artistic Institute

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Directors of Hayat-e No Cultural and Artistic Institute
CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Andisheh Khalaq Adak Company
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Andisheh Khalaq Ider Company
Chief Inspector of the Board of Directors of Arzesah Sazan Ayandeh Pooya Company
Member of the Board of Directors of Rahab Sazeh Parsian

Seyed Hassan Hosseini Khamenei

Member of the Board of Directors of Ehya’e Sanaye Khorasan
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Autosard Company, affiliated with the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation

Seyed Hamed Hossein Hosseini Khamenei

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lemir Qeshm Engineering Services

Mohammad Vaezzadeh Khorasani (Maternal Uncle’s Husband) (1925-2016)

Member of the Board of Trustees of Razavi Islamic Sciences University, affiliated with Astan Quds
Member of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Research Foundation of Astan Quds Razavi
Director of Astan Quds Razavi magazine
First Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought

Sadeq Vaezzadeh (Khorasani)

Member of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR)
Member of the Expediency Discernment Council
Member of the SCCR’s Specific Council
Member of the Board of Directors of Iran Aluminum Company, affiliated with the Steel Employees Retirement Fund
Head of the Iranian-Islamic Model of Progress Center
Head of the SCCR’s Cultural and Scientific Monitoring and Evaluation Board

Hessamuddin Vaezzadeh

Head of the Iranian Council on International Relations
Faculty Member of the University of Tehran

Hamed Vaezzadeh Khorasani (Hamed Vaez)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arfa Steel and Iron
Member of the Board of Directors of Pasargad Oil Company, affiliated with Tamin Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Investment Company
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Omran va Tose’e Atieh Shahedan Khorasan, affiliated with the Martyrs Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asman Afarin Construction Company, affiliated with the Martyrs Foundation

Khamenei’s Wife’s Family

The family of Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s wife, Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, has also benefited from government rents due to their family connection to the Leader of the Islamic Republic. Hassan Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, Khamenei’s brother-in-law, in addition to holding various positions in the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), is also a board member of companies such as Soroush Publications and Tasvir-e Shahr. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Farabi Cinema Foundation.

Hassan’s son, Komeil Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, manages Khamenei’s official website and is the CEO of Tabyan Noor Cultural and Artistic Institute. Komeil Khojasteh Bagherzadeh is one of the founders of the Institute for Research and Explanation of the Discourse of the Islamic Revolution, whose goals include “explaining and promoting the main indices of the Islamic Revolution from the perspective of Imam (Khomeini) and the Supreme Leader” and “promoting the views of… thinkers aligned with the trend of the Islamic Revolution to explain the discourse of the Islamic Revolution.”

Khamenei’s other brother-in-law, Mohammad Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, is a board member of Iran Red Crescent Investment Company and its subsidiaries, such as Helal Agriculture and Industry. Mohammad Khojasteh Bagherzadeh’s children own a complex of companies producing food products, construction and urban development, and waste management. One of Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh’s nephews, Mohammad Saeed Ahadian, is the CEO of the Khorasan Cultural and Artistic Institute, which publishes the Khorasan newspaper. Ahadian is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Khorasan Province Press House, which oversees all media in Khorasan.

Hassan Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Farabi Cinema Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Soroush Publications
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tasvir-e Shahr
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tasvir-e Shahr
Member of the Board of Directors of Toos Taymaz
CEO of Asa Toos Food Products

Komeil Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

CEO of Ayatollah Khamenei’s Official Website
CEO of Tabyan Noor Cultural and Artistic Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Research and Explanation of the Discourse of the Islamic Revolution
Member of the Board of Directors of Mirath-e Ahl-e Qalam

Mohammad Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Khojasteh Charitable Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the MS Association of Razavi Khorasan Province
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mashhad Behrouz Food Products
Member of the Board of Directors of Helal Agriculture and Industry, affiliated with Iran Red Crescent Investment Company
Member of the Board of Directors of Iran Red Crescent Investment Company, affiliated with the Iranian Red Crescent Organization
Member of the Board of Directors of Toos Taymaz
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toohid Golmakan Men’s Retirement Home
CEO of Asa Toos Food Products

Masoud Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toos Taymaz Company
CEO of Bahar Gostar Pazh Company
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asa Toos Iranian
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mashhad Behrouz Food Products
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asa Toos Food Products
Member of the Board of Directors of the Cooperative of Small Industries of Khorasan Can and Jam Factories
Member of the Board of Directors of Narjes Khatoun Chenaran Charity

Taktam Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mashhad Behrouz Food Products

Atefeh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

Member of the Board of Directors of Mashhad Behrouz Food Products
Member of the Board of Directors of Asa Toos Food Products
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Azhman Framemari Shahr Consulting Engineers

Saeed Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

CEO of Mashhad Behrouz Food Products
CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Khojasteh Charitable Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asa Toos Food Products
Member of the Board of Directors of Ferdowsi Industrial Town of Khorasan
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Narjes Khatoun Chenaran Charity
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asa Toos Iranian
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toos Taymaz

Mohammad Saeed Ahadian

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Khorasan Press House
Member of the Board of Trustees and CEO of Khorasan Cultural and Artistic Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of the Central Foundation for Imam Reza Pilgrims
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rooyesh Cultural Development Center
CEO of Danesh Pooyan Toos

Mahdavi Kani and Bagheri Kani Families

Brothers Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani and Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani were powerful politicians central to the Islamic Republic’s power structure. The marriage of Mesbah al-Hoda, one of the sons of Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani, a member of the Board of Trustees of Imam Sadiq University, to Hoda, the daughter of Seyyed Ali Khamenei, solidified the family’s political and economic writ. Mesbah al-Hoda Bagheri is a professor at Imam Sadiq University. Mohammad Amin Bagheri Kani (Hoda Khamenei’s brother-in-law) also teaches at Imam Sadiq University. Ali Bagheri Kani (Hoda Khamenei’s other brother-in-law), who also graduated from Imam Sadiq University, was previously the Director-General for Central Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as the Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council for Foreign Policy and International Security for a period and currently serves as an advisor in this council. In the 2013 election, Ali Bagheri Kani was the head of Saeed Jalili’s election headquarters.

During his lifetime, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani was one of the five clerical members of the Islamic Revolution Council and the third Chairman of the Assembly of Experts. During his presidency of the Assembly of Experts, Mahdavi Kani appointed his son-in-law, Ebrahim Ansariyan (brother of the famous Sheikh Hossein Ansariyan), as the head of his office. Mahdavi Kani was also a member of the Board of Trustees and the President of Imam Sadiq University. Before his death, Mahdavi Kani divided the important positions of Imam Sadiq University among his relatives, including his daughters, sons, grandchildren, and sons-in-law. For example, Qodsiah Sorkhei, Mahdavi Kani’s wife, is the head of the Sisters’ Campus of Imam Sadiq University. After Mahdavi Kani’s death, his brother, Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani, served as the President of Imam Sadiq University for a time. It should be noted that Mahdavi Kani’s son, Mohammad Saeed, is the son-in-law of the Head of the Martyrs Foundation, Seyyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati, and Mahdavi Kani’s grandson, Farid Mirlohi, is the son-in-law of Alireza Panahian, a cleric close to Seyyed Ali Khamenei and an advisor to the Head of the Leader’s Representation Office in Universities.

Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani

Former Member of the Assembly of Experts
Former President of Imam Sadiq University
Head of Imam Sadiq Schools

Mesbah al-Hoda Bagheri Kani

Member of the Board of Directors of Islamic Culture Publishing Office
Imam Sadiq University, Faculty of Management and Islamic Knowledge

Ali Bagheri Kani

Diplomat in Nuclear Negotiations
Director-General for Central Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Secretary for Foreign Policy and International Security at the Supreme National Security Council
Advisor to the Supreme National Security Council
Manager of Saeed Jalili’s Election Headquarters in 2013

Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (1931-2014)

Member of the Second, Third, and Fourth terms of the Expediency Discernment Council
Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
President of Imam Sadiq University
Secretary General of the Combatant Clergy Association

Qodsiah Sorkhei

Head of the Sisters’ Campus of Imam Sadiq University
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Scientific Association of Family Jurisprudence and Law

Sediqeh (Maryam) Mahdavi Kani

Vice Chairman of the Iranian Scientific Association of Family Jurisprudence and Law
Deputy Head of the Sisters’ Campus of Imam Sadiq University
World Union of Muslim Women

Ebrahim Ansariyan (Husband of Sediqeh Mahdavi Kani)

Former Head of the Office of the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
Credit Cooperative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Employees
Member of the Board of Directors of the Consumption and Services Cooperative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Employees
Treasurer of Ghadir Velayat Alavi Charity
Member of the Board of Directors of Imam Sadiq Educational Complex
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Louh Zarrin Jame’ Commercial Company, affiliated with Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq Holding
Member of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Services Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Supporters of Seminary Development

Zohair Ansariyan

Head of Selection at Imam Sadiq University

Zoha Ansariyan

Sisters’ Campus of Imam Sadiq University

Mohammad Saeed Mahdavi Kani

Member of the Board of Trustees of Imam Sadiq University
Member of the Board of Trustees of Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq Holding
Member of the Board of Trustees of Imam Sadiq University Credit Institution
Inspector of Taher Iran Company, affiliated with Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq Holding

Mahdieh Mahdavi Kani

Head of Selection at the Sisters’ Campus of Imam Sadiq University

Seyed Mostafa Mirlohi (Husband of Mahdieh Mahdavi Kani)

Member of the Board of Trustees of Imam Sadiq University
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Taher Iran, affiliated with Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq Holding
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Khazar Steel Melting Complex, affiliated with Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq Holding
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nakhiran Spinning and Weaving, affiliated with Jame’at al-Imam al-Sadiq Holding
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Imam Sadiq Educational Complex
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rahjoyan Rah Emam Hadi Institute
Member of the Board of Trustees of Sardar-e Jangal Rasht Higher Education Institute
Member of the Board of Trustees of Toloo-e Mehr Higher Education Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of Ghadir Velayat Alavi Charity
Member of the Board of Directors of Safiran Sobh Rooyesh Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of Mehdi Jan Weaving
Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Services Foundation
Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of Andisheh Yaran Mohseni
Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of the International Ghadir Foundation

Loulachian Family

Meysam Khamenei married the daughter of a religious merchant from Tehran, Mahmoud Loulachian. Loulachian is one of the founders of Imam Mohammad Baqir Seminary and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute. He also enjoys many privileges in the Islamic Republic system due to his kinship with Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Hossein Loulachian, Meysam Khamenei’s brother-in-law, is the CEO of Kowsar Cultural Foundation and a board member of the Tariq al-Quds Jonoub Interest-Free Loan Fund. Hossein Loulachian is an eulogist at the Leader’s Office mourning ceremonies.

Meysam Khamenei’s other brother-in-law, Alireza Loulachian, was the CEO of Tasnim Noor Institute, affiliated with the Islamic Development Organization, for 14 years. The Islamic Development Organization is one of the institutions covered by Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s office. Alireza Loulachian, along with Meysam Khamenei, is a board member of the newly established Rahpouyan Sepehr Foundation, which operates “to achieve the goals desired by the Supreme Leader and the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran in all social, cultural, health and treatment, environment and natural resources, construction and development, technology, international affairs, infrastructure, sports, and tribal fields.” Meysam Khamenei’s brother-in-law (by marriage to his wife’s sister), Mohsen Chini-Foroushan, has a history of management at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon-e Parvaresh-e Fekri-ye Koodakan va Nojavanan), Hamshahri Institute, Islamic Culture Publishing Office, and membership in the Supreme Council of Research and Educational Planning for Textbooks.

Mahmoud Loulachian

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tariq al-Quds Jonoub Interest-Free Loan Fund
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Education Society
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mosque Builders’ Philanthropists Association
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kowsar Cultural Foundation
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fajr Clothing Foundation
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Culture Publishing Office
Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Iranian Anti-Smoking Association
CEO of Ershad va Refah Imam Sadiq Charity Foundation, affiliated with Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute
CEO of Eskan Yavar Company, affiliated with Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of the Cultural Publications of the Headquarters for the Establishment of Prayer
Member of the Board of Directors of Mahdi Mow’oud Cultural Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Sadiq Pardisan Culture Creators
Member of the Board of Directors of Nahj al-Balagha Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Enfaq Thulth Charity
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Supporters of Seminary Development (Al-e Mohammad (PBUH) Donation Association)
Founding Member and Executive Board Member of the Philanthropists’ Association of Astan and Dar al-Hadith, affiliated with Astan Abdul Azim
Member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of the International Ghadir Foundation
Founder of Imam Mohammad Baqir Seminary
Member of the Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (JAMNA)

Hossein Loulachian

CEO of Kowsar Cultural Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Tariq al-Quds Jonoub Interest-Free Loan Fund
Member of the Board of Directors of Eskan Yavar Company, affiliated with Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of Ershad va Refah Imam Sadiq Charity Foundation, affiliated with Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute
CEO of Siyahat Ferdows Iranian Company, a subsidiary of Ershad va Refah Imam Sadiq Charity Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Mashhad Sadiqi’yeh Hotel, a subsidiary of Siyahat Ferdows Iranian Company
Member of the Board of Directors of Qom Sadiqi’yeh Hotel, a subsidiary of Siyahat Ferdows Iranian Company
Member of the Board of Directors of Tondar Parts and Service Distribution
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tittow Toys, Entertainment, and Stationery
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yavar Sanat Parnian
Member of the Board of Directors of Kowsarieh Tehran Seminary
Eulogist at the Leader’s Office

Alireza Loulachian

Member of the Board of Directors of Kowsar Cultural Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of Rahpouyan Sepehr Charitable Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tarh-e Naqsh-e Ilia
Former Member of the Board of Directors and CEO of Tasnim Noor Institute, affiliated with the Islamic Development Organization
Member of the Board of Directors of Kish Institute of Science and Technology
Member of the Board of Directors of Tariq al-Quds Jonoub Interest-Free Loan Fund

Mohsen Chini-Foroushan

Former CEO of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
Representative of the Minister of Education on the Board of Directors of Fajr Clothing Foundation
Member of the Board of Trustees of Ayin-e Roshan Cultural Foundation
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Offset Company
Member of the Board of Directors of Ershad va Refah Imam Sadiq Charity Foundation, affiliated with Dar-e Rah-e Haqq Institute
CEO of Islamic Culture Publishing Office
CEO of Hamshahri Institute
Member of the Board of Directors of Payam-e Hamshahri Company
Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tasnim Noor Institute, affiliated with the Islamic Development Organization
CEO of Persia International Film Institute for Children and Young Adults
Member of the Board of Directors of Roshangaran Elm va Honar Institute
Member of the Supreme Council of Research and Educational Planning for Textbooks
Member of the Supreme Council of the Parents and Teachers Association
Member of the Supreme Council of Art Center Policymaking
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Kharazi Family

The marriage of Seyyed Masoud Khamenei to Sousan Kharazi created another influential clan in Iran’s power structure. Masoud’s father-in-law, Mohsen Kharazi, was a member of the Assembly of Experts and the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom before his death. Mohammad Baqer Kharazi, Masoud Khamenei’s brother-in-law, is the Secretary General of Hezbollah of Iran.

Mohammad Sadeq Kharazi, Masoud’s other brother-in-law, held important positions, such as Deputy Head of the War Propaganda Headquarters in the Supreme Defense Council and Member of the Central Council of the War Support Headquarters (at the age of 20), Member of the Supreme Council of National Defense (at the age of 22), Advisor to the CEO of the Islamic Republic News Agency (at the age of 23), Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance (at the age of 25), Representative of the Islamic Republic to the United Nations (at the age of 26), and Iranian Ambassador to France. He also owns Hermes Publications and Hafez Shiraz Non-Profit University.