{"id":6810,"date":"2022-03-27T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T19:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehranbureau.com\/?p=6810"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:05:05","slug":"rafsanjani-clan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resanegar.com\/en\/rafsanjani-clan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Web of the Rafsanjani Clan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The lives, business interests, and influential connections of the late president\u2019s five children<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The late statesman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was both a founder and a victim of the kleptocratic system at the heart of the Islamic Republic. A shrewd strategist who was at once a man of the people and a ruthless elitist, his presidency, from 1989 to 1997, saw the rise of the clannish power networks and corrupt institutions that continue to paralyze Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafsanjani unabashedly appointed his close relatives to various positions of power, helped them secure prestigious jobs, and sent them abroad to study; Rafsanjani himself never traveled abroad without several members of his family in tow. He doled out public funds to whomever he pleased: regime officials, his own family members, and the families of known terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and his wife of almost six decades, Efat Marashi, had five children: Fatemeh (now 60), Mohsen (59), Faezeh (58), Mehdi (51), and Yaser (50). Tehran Bureau takes a look at their lives, their business interests, and their web of influential connections that extend across the Islamic Republic of Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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