{"id":1345,"date":"2026-08-19T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doublethink.institute\/?post_type=post&#038;p=1345"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:01:50","slug":"political-business-empires-an-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resanegar.com\/en\/political-business-empires-an-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Business Empires: An Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this issue, we follow leads from our previous investigations on <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/bonyad-findings\/\">bonyads<\/a> and the Khamenei <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/khamenei-spiritual-leader-or-business-tycoon\/\">family<\/a>. This has helped us further identify the Iranian clans who run the country\u2019s political business empires. Highlights of our latest findings include:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Iran is run by a network of powerful clans who are connected through marriage, shared business interests and common allegiances to the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/report\/bonyad-findings\/\">IRGC and major bonyads<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Political Business Empires<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-network\" data-src=\"visualisation\/2123627\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/2123627\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 Each clan fosters connections to high politics, state-funded media or charities and lucrative industries, appointing friends and family members to strategic positions whenever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mohsen Rezaei and Family at Tabnak News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-network\" data-src=\"visualisation\/1865426\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/1865426\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iran-newspapers.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian Newspapers\" class=\"wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resanegar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iran-newspapers.jpg 453w, https:\/\/resanegar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iran-newspapers-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resanegar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Iran-newspapers-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 State-run media is an especially powerful tool. The clans own major news agencies like <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/widely-read-news-site-promotes-irgc-founders-interests\/\">Tabnak<\/a> (Mohsen Rezaei), Fars News (Seyyed Nezalmodin Mousavi) or newspapers like Hamshahri (<a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/former-tehran-mayor-qalibafs-international-business-network\/\">Qalibaf<\/a>), Khorasan (<a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/khameneis-relative-profited-from-newspaper-takeover\/\">Mohammad Saeed Ahdian<\/a>) and Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/how-the-khameneis-control-irans-media\/\">the Khameneis<\/a>). They use these media outlets, which are mostly funded by taxpayers, to attack their political or business rivals or to dispel corruption allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4.\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 Those with business activities in the media sphere often also run the institutions that control censorship boards and limit press freedom. This further empowers them to eliminate critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Motahari Family Interests in Business and the Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-hierarchy\" data-src=\"visualisation\/1273097\" data-url=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/1273097\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 In the case of Khorasan newspaper, the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/how-the-khameneis-control-irans-media\/\">Khamenei clan<\/a> used religious courts to remove the publication\u2019s reformist editor-in-chief and replace him with clan member <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/khameneis-relative-profited-from-newspaper-takeover\/\">Mohammad Saeed Ahdian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Khamenei Family Interests in Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/811828\" data-url=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/811828\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Tehran MP <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/football-politics-and-taekwondo-the-rezaeis-role-in-iranian-sports\/\">Seyyed Nezalmodin Mousavi<\/a>, who directs the regulatory Muslim Journalists Association, used his clout in several media outlets to win a seat in the Majles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mousavi\u2019s Roles in Politics, Bonyads and the Media<\/strong><\/p>\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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Other clans, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/the-dastgheib-clan-the-demolition-of-cultural-heritage-in-shiraz\/\">Dastgheibs<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/the-immense-web-of-gholamreza-tajgardoon\/\">Tajgardoons<\/a>, have so much power in their respective provinces that they do not need to own the media to silence their opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Dastgheib Family Empire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-hierarchy\" data-src=\"visualisation\/1300018\" data-url=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/1300018\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Both the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/the-dastgheib-clan-the-demolition-of-cultural-heritage-in-shiraz\/\">Dastgheibs<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/the-immense-web-of-gholamreza-tajgardoon\/\">Tajgardoons<\/a> have reportedly intimidated their critics with the help of local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Immense Web of Gholamreza Tajgardoon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-hierarchy\" data-src=\"visualisation\/1380649\" data-url=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/1380649\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9.\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 Well-known political figures like IRGC founder <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/bankers-basijis-and-pasta-producers-the-many-faces-of-an-irgc-linked-ngo\/\">Mohsen Rezaei<\/a> use their clan\u2019s clout to expand control over unelected political bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mohsen Rezaei\u2019s Complete Network<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-hierarchy\" data-src=\"visualisation\/2121905\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/2121905\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10.<\/strong> Rezaei appoints his friends and relatives to the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/irgc-founder-rezaei-grips-irans-executive-branch\/\">Expediency Council<\/a>, then uses their votes to veto Majles bills that clash with his own interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mohsen Rezaei\u2019s Bloc in the Expediency Council<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-network\" data-src=\"visualisation\/810745\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/810745\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Takeaway<\/strong>: This dynamic is set up to help the clans stay in charge at the expense of the public. Conflict of interest laws are weak, and the government institutions intended to uphold them, such as the Majles, the judiciary, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/doublethink\/post\/how-two-irgc-heavyweights-maintain-influence-in-tehran-city-bank\/\">Tehran municipality<\/a>, are under the control of the same clans who continuously break the rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Bureau pursues its one-of-a-kind investigations into Iran&#8217;s bonyads and the Khamenei family. 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