The Recruiter: Haj Hossein Yekta
A scion of Qom’s elite Salarieh quarter turns poverty into a human resource for the Islamic Republic.
A scion of Qom’s elite Salarieh quarter turns poverty into a human resource for the Islamic Republic.
A war of choice to devastate the Iranian military has instead empowered its most hardline forces.
An Iranian economist speaks with Tehran Bureau about the country’s postwar outlook and the Guards’ growing sway.
Mobarakeh Steel, reportedly targeted by both the US and Israel, plays an outsized role in Iran’s corruption-riddled economy.
The firm—founded with senior IRGC commanders and government officials—oversees the financial records of companies tied to Iran’s military establishment.
Pressure on the media in Iran intensified shortly after the 1979 revolution, beginning with the shutdown of the “Ayandegan” newspaper, the seizure of major newspapers “Kayhan” and “Ettela’at”, and the persecution of numerous journalists through imprisonment and execution. In the aftermath of the revolution, Khomeini’s
Mashregh’s problematic content is the brainchild of shadowy IRGC management
How a shadowy organization drives the IRGC’s media agenda
In the following two-part series of articles, we unwrap the IRGC’s three major media outlets: Tasnim and Fars news agencies, as well as the daily newspaper Javan.
Media orgs’ intentionally opaque ownership structure points to the IRGC
In the following two-part series of articles, we unwrap the IRGC’s three major media outlets: Tasnim and Fars news agencies, as well as the daily newspaper Javan.
An airline executive with a long military record assumes an influential legislative post, expanding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ political clout.
The Iranian pharmaceutical industry receives over $10 billion in government subsidies annually. It’s also so corrupt and inept that patients sometimes pay with their lives.
The family of Mohsen Rezaei, IRGC chief for 16 years, has the power to veto parliamentary legislation, mastermind covert ops, and direct the content of Iran’s most popular news site.
IRGC linchpin Mohsen Rezaei’s foundation attracts Revolutionary Guard officers and right-wing clerics with interests from high politics to helicopter and pasta production.
An investigation into Tabnak, Iran’s most visited news website, shows how the state-funded outlet advances the private interests of its owner, longtime IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei.
A look at the links between Mohsen Rezaei, longtime IRGC head and Expediency Council member, and Mohammad Qalibaf, former Tehran mayor and high-ranking Guard officer.
As mayor, Qalibaf awarded the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbia conglomerate, which he once headed, an exclusive $6.06 billion urban development contract, bypassing lawful procedures.
The Revolutionary Guard mastermind is at the epicenter of several powerful networks whose members hold key positions in the pivotal Expediency Council.