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47 Jeff Witten’s weekly Column Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Khamenei… A Multi-Billionaire
And BMW Car Dealer?Frankie, “I go see my doctor,
go to physio, eat, sleep and
watch t.v... I’m going nuts…”
Frankie’s doctor had told him to
stay off work for three months.
1392 تشهبیدرا20 جمعه- 1238 شماره/ سال متسیب So, to alleviate his boredom,
Frankie thought he’d do some
landscaping for his mother.
Frankie only worked on his
“ WANT TO BE A mom’s yard for a couple hours.
But all his efforts were videotaped by
MOVIE STAR??” an ICBC investigator.
“ Video Surveillance and Two weeks later Frankie visited his
doctor. Frankie told his doctor that
your ICBC Claim” he really h adn’t been doing anything
physical since his last appointment. It
Little Frankie Mah was a hard working honestly slipped Frankie’s mind that
guy all his life. Frankie left school he’d done some landscaping for his By Palash Ghosh denial, reportedly receives substantial
at the age of fifteen to work as a mom. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme commission payments from Iran’s arms
dishwasher. And he’s been washing Leader of Iran, apparently has a number and petroleum industries, while c laiming
dishes ever since. I’ll cut to the chase. Frankie had of surprising side ventures apart from he receives a small salary from the
to settle his ICBC claim at a deep running the Islamic Republic. government.
Last November, Frankie was crossing discount. An investment firm that Khamenei Khamenei’s true wealth is estimated to be
Kingsway and got hit by a car. Frankie controls has been accused of forcibly immense, perhaps in the territory of tens
flew up onto the hood and then struck What can you learn from Little taking over an Iranian company that is of billions of dollars.
the pavement. But Frankie considered Frankie’s story? Your medical the nation’s biggest dealer of German In May 2011, the Iran Channel, a news
himself lucky, “… really, my only evidence and your a ctions need to line automobiles. agency that calls for the establishment
serious problem is my broken arm.” up. Be very sure that what you tell your Ali Nouriyani, the managing director of of a secular, democratic Iran, accused
medical people is entirely accurate. Nouriyani Enterprises – which has served Khamenei and his son Mojtaba of
After two months off work, Frankie Otherwise, you might pay the price. as Iran’s exclusive trade partner with having amassed more than $57 billion
started to get really bored. To quote Germany’s auto and printing industries -- ($36 billion for the father, $21 billion
told the Fararu news a gency of Iran that for the son) through illegal means and
In touch with Iranian diversity he was pressured to sell his stake in his stashing them in foreign bank accounts,
auto dealership to a charity o perated by including large deposits in Switzerland,
660044 -- 9988ﻰ02ﻠN--ﻌ8O4ﻄﻔ50R75 ﻟT11ﻞHﻴICﻣSﺎCﻛlHaOiBmRECsLAW٦٦٠٠٤٤--٩٩٨٨٠٢--٨٤ﻼ٥٠٧ﻛ٥ﻭ١١Lawye.ﺪrKsﺮﺎﻳaﺎﻴﺑmﺑﻄﻔﮕiﺱlﻰ ﻟLﺎoﺗﻮﻗﻤtfﻘ،aﻥﺣlﺎiﻩ,ﺭﺯﺑlﻭaﺸﺎﻰwﻣﺳyﺎﺭیeﻗﺎﻓیrﻭﻛﻴﺑﺮﺁﻞﺍ47Vol. 20 / No. 1238 - Friday, May 10, 2013Khamenei’s office.Liechtenstein, the Cayman Islands and
"These gentlemen from the Shah Abdol even China.
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- Azim religious charity came to see me and Various other Khamenei family members
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- offered to buy out my shares and work with also have hundreds of millions of dollars
my enterprise," Nouriyani told Fararu. stashed away in a bewildering array of
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- " As I was interested in helping charities I foreign banks and financial institutions.
accepted their offer and gradually reduced But why a BMW dealership?
LLP my level of working with them as they had Saeed Ghasseminejad, a spokesperson
by then virtually taken over most of the for the Iranian Liberal Students and
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. responsibilities. I had to offer them more Graduates A ssociation in the U.S., wrote
of my own shares to enable them to carry in the Times of Israel that Khamenei,
klotfali@northshorelaw.com out the responsibility [of the dealership of like most Iranians, views BMW and
BMW cars] more effectively.” Mercedes-Benz automobiles as the
But it’s more complicated than this. ultimate signs of wealth and status.
The Daily Telegraph of Britain reported Ghasseminejad also alleges that Khamenei
the Rey Investment Co, a holding controls a vast financial empire through
company run by K hamenei's Shah Abdol stewards, vassals and various fronts --
Azim charity, now claims to be the "sole a conglomerate that pays no taxes and
representative of BMW in Iran." essentially operates independently from
Rey also boasts significant stakes in state control or oversight.
various other businesses, including oil, “While ordinary Iranian people are
gas, food, construction, insurance and under huge economic pressure, BMW
transport. is providing luxury cars for the scions
The current chairman of Rey, Mohammad of the corrupt Mullahs, [Revolutionary
Reyshahri, a former intelligence minister, Guard] officers and [senior government]
was appointed directly by Khamenei. officials,” Ghasseminejad wrote.
Reyshahri reportedly received this plum “And it is generating vast personal revenue
job as a reward for conspiring to remove for Ayatollah Khamenei, even while he
Khamenei’s rival, Grand Ayatollah continues to pursue a nuclear bomb … If
HosseinAli Montazeri, from consideration that’s not good enough reason for BMW
as the successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah to re-think its business with Iran, perhaps
Khomeini as Iran’s Supreme Leader. the German conglomerate should stop
(Montazeri was Khomeini’s deputy and doing business w ith the supreme leader
widely expected successor.) of a regime whose president denies the
Another director of Rey, Mohammad Holocaust and whose leader implicitly
Shariat Madari, is a close associate of promises us another one. “
Khamenei and advises him on foreign Interestingly, compared to Khamenei, the
investments. president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Nouriyani Enterprise's various business (whom the Supreme Leader has long had a
entities have been targeted periodically contentious relationship with) is a relative
for confiscation by powerful mullahs pauper -- theRichest.org estimates his
since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Khamenei, who seeks to propagate wealth at a mere $5 million.
Source:
http://www.ibtimes.com/irans-supreme-leader-
ayatollah-khamenei-multi-billionaire-bmw-car-
an image of austerity and self- dealer-1 233899
47 Jeff Witten’s weekly Column Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Khamenei… A Multi-Billionaire
And BMW Car Dealer?Frankie, “I go see my doctor,
go to physio, eat, sleep and
watch t.v... I’m going nuts…”
Frankie’s doctor had told him to
stay off work for three months.
1392 تشهبیدرا20 جمعه- 1238 شماره/ سال متسیب So, to alleviate his boredom,
Frankie thought he’d do some
landscaping for his mother.
Frankie only worked on his
“ WANT TO BE A mom’s yard for a couple hours.
But all his efforts were videotaped by
MOVIE STAR??” an ICBC investigator.
“ Video Surveillance and Two weeks later Frankie visited his
doctor. Frankie told his doctor that
your ICBC Claim” he really h adn’t been doing anything
physical since his last appointment. It
Little Frankie Mah was a hard working honestly slipped Frankie’s mind that
guy all his life. Frankie left school he’d done some landscaping for his By Palash Ghosh denial, reportedly receives substantial
at the age of fifteen to work as a mom. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme commission payments from Iran’s arms
dishwasher. And he’s been washing Leader of Iran, apparently has a number and petroleum industries, while c laiming
dishes ever since. I’ll cut to the chase. Frankie had of surprising side ventures apart from he receives a small salary from the
to settle his ICBC claim at a deep running the Islamic Republic. government.
Last November, Frankie was crossing discount. An investment firm that Khamenei Khamenei’s true wealth is estimated to be
Kingsway and got hit by a car. Frankie controls has been accused of forcibly immense, perhaps in the territory of tens
flew up onto the hood and then struck What can you learn from Little taking over an Iranian company that is of billions of dollars.
the pavement. But Frankie considered Frankie’s story? Your medical the nation’s biggest dealer of German In May 2011, the Iran Channel, a news
himself lucky, “… really, my only evidence and your a ctions need to line automobiles. agency that calls for the establishment
serious problem is my broken arm.” up. Be very sure that what you tell your Ali Nouriyani, the managing director of of a secular, democratic Iran, accused
medical people is entirely accurate. Nouriyani Enterprises – which has served Khamenei and his son Mojtaba of
After two months off work, Frankie Otherwise, you might pay the price. as Iran’s exclusive trade partner with having amassed more than $57 billion
started to get really bored. To quote Germany’s auto and printing industries -- ($36 billion for the father, $21 billion
told the Fararu news a gency of Iran that for the son) through illegal means and
In touch with Iranian diversity he was pressured to sell his stake in his stashing them in foreign bank accounts,
auto dealership to a charity o perated by including large deposits in Switzerland,
660044 -- 9988ﻰ02ﻠN--ﻌ8O4ﻄﻔ50R75 ﻟT11ﻞHﻴICﻣSﺎCﻛlHaOiBmRECsLAW٦٦٠٠٤٤--٩٩٨٨٠٢--٨٤ﻼ٥٠٧ﻛ٥ﻭ١١Lawye.ﺪrKsﺮﺎﻳaﺎﻴﺑmﺑﻄﻔﮕiﺱlﻰ ﻟLﺎoﺗﻮﻗﻤtfﻘ،aﻥﺣlﺎiﻩ,ﺭﺯﺑlﻭaﺸﺎﻰwﻣﺳyﺎﺭیeﻗﺎﻓیrﻭﻛﻴﺑﺮﺁﻞﺍ47Vol. 20 / No. 1238 - Friday, May 10, 2013Khamenei’s office.Liechtenstein, the Cayman Islands and
"These gentlemen from the Shah Abdol even China.
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- Azim religious charity came to see me and Various other Khamenei family members
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- offered to buy out my shares and work with also have hundreds of millions of dollars
my enterprise," Nouriyani told Fararu. stashed away in a bewildering array of
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- " As I was interested in helping charities I foreign banks and financial institutions.
accepted their offer and gradually reduced But why a BMW dealership?
LLP my level of working with them as they had Saeed Ghasseminejad, a spokesperson
by then virtually taken over most of the for the Iranian Liberal Students and
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. responsibilities. I had to offer them more Graduates A ssociation in the U.S., wrote
of my own shares to enable them to carry in the Times of Israel that Khamenei,
klotfali@northshorelaw.com out the responsibility [of the dealership of like most Iranians, views BMW and
BMW cars] more effectively.” Mercedes-Benz automobiles as the
But it’s more complicated than this. ultimate signs of wealth and status.
The Daily Telegraph of Britain reported Ghasseminejad also alleges that Khamenei
the Rey Investment Co, a holding controls a vast financial empire through
company run by K hamenei's Shah Abdol stewards, vassals and various fronts --
Azim charity, now claims to be the "sole a conglomerate that pays no taxes and
representative of BMW in Iran." essentially operates independently from
Rey also boasts significant stakes in state control or oversight.
various other businesses, including oil, “While ordinary Iranian people are
gas, food, construction, insurance and under huge economic pressure, BMW
transport. is providing luxury cars for the scions
The current chairman of Rey, Mohammad of the corrupt Mullahs, [Revolutionary
Reyshahri, a former intelligence minister, Guard] officers and [senior government]
was appointed directly by Khamenei. officials,” Ghasseminejad wrote.
Reyshahri reportedly received this plum “And it is generating vast personal revenue
job as a reward for conspiring to remove for Ayatollah Khamenei, even while he
Khamenei’s rival, Grand Ayatollah continues to pursue a nuclear bomb … If
HosseinAli Montazeri, from consideration that’s not good enough reason for BMW
as the successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah to re-think its business with Iran, perhaps
Khomeini as Iran’s Supreme Leader. the German conglomerate should stop
(Montazeri was Khomeini’s deputy and doing business w ith the supreme leader
widely expected successor.) of a regime whose president denies the
Another director of Rey, Mohammad Holocaust and whose leader implicitly
Shariat Madari, is a close associate of promises us another one. “
Khamenei and advises him on foreign Interestingly, compared to Khamenei, the
investments. president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Nouriyani Enterprise's various business (whom the Supreme Leader has long had a
entities have been targeted periodically contentious relationship with) is a relative
for confiscation by powerful mullahs pauper -- theRichest.org estimates his
since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Khamenei, who seeks to propagate wealth at a mere $5 million.
Source:
http://www.ibtimes.com/irans-supreme-leader-
ayatollah-khamenei-multi-billionaire-bmw-car-
an image of austerity and self- dealer-1 233899
