Who is Ali Farahmand, the mega bank debtor?
Ali Farahmand is one of the largest mega bank debtors and the owner of Binas Energy, a company active in the petrochemical and oil sector in Iran. Binas Energy is one of the companies that had close ties with commercial companies affiliated with security institutions like Saba Mihan, which is linked to the Ministry of Intelligence. Ali Farahmand was arrested by security and judicial institutions due to a debt of 300 billion, equivalent to 200 million dollars at the time. However, he was temporarily released shortly after due to his close cooperation with these institutions and acted as their agent in various cases.
After his arrest, he became an official advisor to Nematzadeh, the Minister of Industry and Mines, and was stationed next to his office. He contributed 500 billion rials to Hassan Rouhani’s election campaign, while also collaborating with intelligence agencies as an informant during this entire period.
The oil and petrochemical mafia of the Islamic Republic of Iran is busy circumventing US, UK, and EU sanctions to secure the interests of the Islamic Republic. This mafia has pocketed millions of dollars due to oil and petrochemical sales privileges. Ali Farahmand, who had been released from repaying large loans to Refah Bank and fulfilling his commitments to Pasargad Oil under the pretext of the bankruptcy of Binas Energy in the case known as Pasargad Bitumen, resumed his economic activities under the names of his wife Azadeh Lavasani and Saba Farahmand.
He was a partner in Siyeh Fam, one of the main companies in selling bitumen in Iran, and a 700 million dollar corruption case was opened against him. Initially, he prevented charges by paying a 25 billion toman bribe to Mohsen Sadat Nejad, the investigator of the Siyeh Fam case. However, when the judiciary’s protection unit discovered the bribe received by the investigator, Sadat Nejad was dismissed and Nasiri was appointed as the new investigator.
When the former investigator of the case filed charges against Ali Farahmand and ordered his arrest, Ali Farahmand illegally fled the country with the help of security agents and went to Turkey. Farahmand, who was under judicial pursuit by Interpol under his own name, changed his identity to avoid issues with his trade and money transfers. Ali Farahmand obtained Turkish citizenship and changed his name to Ali Aydan with the Turkish national number 43178144732. After changing his identity, he went to the UK and obtained residency there under his new name.
Ali Farahmand uses his Dominican and Iranian passports for transactions with Iran and his Turkish identity as Ali Aydan for cover activities aimed at money laundering and infiltration in the West.
Ali Aydan, who needed to transfer significant assets to the UK due to extensive corruption in Iran, brought these assets into the UK through various intermediaries without declaring them to official financial authorities like tax offices. Under the name Ali Aydan, Ali Farahmand currently represents several foreign companies and continues to engage in economic activities indirectly with the Islamic Republic through companies outside the UK.
Ali Farahmand is part of the oil and petrochemical mafia of the Islamic Republic, who, with identity changes and accusations such as money laundering, disrupting the economic system, and fraud, has managed to live in a safe haven in the UK. Western countries also need to answer how the oil and petrochemical mafia and the children of Islamic Republic officials can freely live and conduct economic activities in their countries.
Another article on this topic, with documents and other evidence, has been published in Iran Gate. To read the article, click on the link below. Ali Aydan, Ali Farahmand, the mega bank debtor, has fled to the UK.
