{"id":1305,"date":"2026-08-19T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doublethink.institute\/?post_type=post&#038;p=1305"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:01:50","slug":"mp-mousavis-rise-to-prominence-shows-the-inner-workings-of-irans-media-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resanegar.com\/en\/mp-mousavis-rise-to-prominence-shows-the-inner-workings-of-irans-media-world\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Mousavi\u2019s Rise Shows the Inner Workings of Iran\u2019s Media World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently elected Tehran MP Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi owes his political successes to strategic connections in conservative media outlets. Throughout his media career, Mousavi has cultivated links to large bonyads as well as a host of newspapers, news agencies and regulatory councils. His rise to power sheds light on the central role that state-funded media organizations play in Iranian high politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mousavi won a Tehran seat in the February elections for the Majles, Iran\u2019s parliament, receiving approximately 700,000 votes. He ran on the conservative candidate list headed by former Tehran mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/former-tehran-mayor-qalibafs-international-business-network\/\">Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf<\/a>, who also won a Majles seat with about 1.2 million votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mousavi\u2019s election to the Majles means he now has several blaring conflicts of interest. He chairs a regulatory organization that muzzles the press, conducts public relations campaigns for major bonyads and appears to still hold an executive position in at least one of the six newspapers and press agencies he formerly managed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi<em>\u2019<\/em>s Conflicts of Interest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-hierarchy\" data-src=\"visualisation\/2105211\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/2105211\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connections to Bonyads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mousavi maintains connections to various bonyads, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>AQR:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/bonyad-findings\/\">Astan Qods Razavi<\/a> (AQR) is a foundation that manages the Razavi Shrine and its assets in Mashhad. It is the largest real estate owner and one of the biggest employers in Khorasan Razavi Province. Mousavi was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1396\/09\/29\/1606614\/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF\">communications &amp; media deputy<\/a> for AQR\u00a0from 2017 to 2020. There are no reports on whether or not he will retain his AQR position once his term begins in Majles.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>EIKO:<\/strong> Mousavi is also connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/a-look-inside-eiko-khameneis-most-secretive-bonyad\/\">Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order<\/a> (EIKO). In 2018, he was one of the founding members of\u00a0Barakat Ehsan Bonyad, an EIKO subsidiary whose activities include \u201ctreating social injuries . . . setting up various charities across the country and organizing volunteer, popular and jihadi activities.\u201d<br><br>Until 2019, Mousavi was a board member of the Islamic Revolution Publishers\u2019 Council (IRPC). The IRPC is another EIKO subsidiary, according to\u00a0public records. Its objectives include \u201cnetworking with international publishers to further the Islamic and revolutionary objectives of the council and conducting cultural and technological deals necessary to establish news agencies with the same agenda as the IPRC.\u201d\u00a0<br><br>Mousavi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1042247\/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C\">was<\/a> head of the EIKO Cultural Council and head of the EIKO Information Council. Prior to running for Majlis and releasing his resume to the press, Mousavi\u2019s two positions at EIKO were not public knowledge.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>BTS:<\/strong> According to public records, Mousavi has been a board member of the Monadiyan Basirat Media Company, a subsidiary of Basij Cooperative Foundation (BTB). The BTB is a subsidiary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/bonyad-findings\/\">Sepah Cooperative Foundation (BTS)<\/a>, the IRGC\u2019s economic empire.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newspapers and Press Agencies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mousavi has had various relationships with newspapers and hardline press agencies for decades, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As a board member of <em>Payam Avaran Nashr Rouz, <\/em>a BTB subsidiary that publishes the IRGC-affiliated <strong>Javan Newspaper<\/strong>.<\/li><li>As CEO\u00a0and board member of <strong>Fars News Agency<\/strong> from 2012-2018, and remains a partner in this major news organization.\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/khorasanrazavi.khorasannews.com\/newspaper\/BlockPrint\/189528\">As an affiliate<\/a> with the ultra-conservative <strong>Keyhan daily.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1042247\/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C\">As editor-in-chief<\/a> of <strong>Iran Newspaper,<\/strong> which has <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/how-the-khameneis-control-irans-media\/\">ownership links<\/a> to the family of Iran\u2019s leader Ali Khamenei.\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1042247\/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C\">As founder and editor-in-chief<\/a> of <strong>Iran<em>\u2019<\/em>s Student News Network<\/strong> (SNN), according to the resume he released when running for Majles in 2020. SNN is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/1228960\/%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D9%88-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF\">affiliated<\/a> with the Student Basij. Public records do not confirm this claim.<\/li><li>In 2017-2018, Mousavi was also board chairman of the AQR-owned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qudsonline.ir\/news\/644340\/%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B3%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF\">Qods Institute<\/a>, which publishes <strong>Quds Daily<\/strong> in Mashhad.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Censorship and Corruption<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mousavi was in 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/4424582\/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF\">reappointed<\/a> the director of the Muslim Journalists Association, an exclusive press club and de facto regulatory body that \u201ccleanses the press atmosphere in accordance with islamic revolutionary values,\u201d according to its articles of incorporation. The Association\u2019s mandate also includes \u201cactive participation in political, cultural and social arenas to counter foreign cultural inroads,\u201d all while \u201cdefending . . . freedom of the press.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Membership in the association is only open to those who have \u201cpractical commitment\u201d to the \u201cabsolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist\u201d (Velayat-e Faqih), a founding principle of Iran\u2019s Islamic republic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Who\u2019s Who of the Muslim Journalists Association<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other individuals on the MJA board of directors reveal its deep ties to various conservative organizations and previously mapped networks of corruption:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><span class=\"qubely-text-uppercase\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">Massoud Basiri<\/span><\/strong> is MJA\u2019s first deputy director general. He was also a board member of BTB-owned Monadiyan Basirat Media along with Mousavi. Basiri is on the board of a company called Payam Avaran Tolou Khorshid, which \u201ctrains journalists, camera operators and photojournalists to represent and defend IRI objectives internationally.\u201d<br>\u00a0<\/li><li><strong><span class=\"qubely-text-uppercase\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">Mehdi Shakibaei<\/span><\/strong> is MJA\u2019s second deputy director general. He is on the board of a company called \u201cNegah No\u201d Reflection of Muslim World Developments which, according to its articles of incorporation, has set out to \u201ccreate a databank of journalists and elites in the Muslim world, and to hold seminars to discuss important developments in the Muslim world,\u201d among other things.\u00a0<br><br>Our research shows that \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/beest-ab-s.blogfa.com\/post\/27\">Negah No<\/a>\u201d has produced a film, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rasekhoon.net\/news\/show\/661827\/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C\">First Time Pilgrims<\/a>\u201d with the support of AQR.<br><br>Shakibaei is connected to two individuals in the Qalibaf Network. The first, Meysam Emroudi, is\u00a0a cleric who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/khamenei-spiritual-leader-or-business-tycoon\/\">business interests<\/a> with members of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s family. Shakibaei connects to Emroudi via the Society for the Defense of the Palestinian Nation. The second company connecting Shakibaei and Emroudi is Qods News Agency (Qodsna). Shakibaei is Qodsna\u2019s CEO. The news agency is <a href=\"https:\/\/fa.shafaqna.com\/news\/803145\/\">dedicated<\/a> to defending Palestinian Resistance and pursuing a referendum in the Palestinian territories.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Shakibaei is on the board of the <em> Family Values Bonyad<\/em>,\u00a0along with <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/former-tehran-mayor-qalibafs-international-business-network\/\">Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Ayazi<\/a>, a close friend of Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>(It is noteworthy of mention that former <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/bonyads\/\">Bonyad Mostazafan<\/a> custodian Mohsen Rafiqdoust is also a member of the <em>Family Values Bonyad\u2019s <\/em>board of directors<em>. <\/em>His foundation, Nour, was involved in a 20-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050320043705\/http:\/\/www.iran-newspaper.com\/1381\/810919\/html\/casual.htm\">sex trafficking scandal<\/a> in which dozens were indicted.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><span class=\"qubely-text-uppercase\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">Meqdad Zakizadeh<\/span><\/strong> is the\u00a0speaker of MJA and sits on the boards of Menhaj Enqelab Cultural and Media Institute as well as Matin Ray Pouya, both of which are involved in E-publications.\u00a0The Institute produces conservative propaganda films including ones titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mostazafin.tv\/menhajtv\">The JCPOA Embarrassment<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dana.ir\/news\/614951.html\/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%AF---%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85\">Purple Prudence<\/a>,\u201d which directly target President Hassan Rouhani\u2019s policies.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The path to sucess of 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