VOA PersianA Bloomberg investigative report reveals a complex network of shell companies, bank accounts, and luxury properties in Europe and the Middle East that Western intelligence agencies have assessed to be linked to Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the Islamic Republic’s leader.
The report, titled “How the Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Built a Global Real Estate Empire,” states that Mojtaba Khamenei has used people close to him, including Ali Ansari, to arrange extensive international investments for his and his family’s benefit.
Bloomberg adds that the funds for these transactions were transferred through bank accounts in Britain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the United Arab Emirates, and according to informed sources, the main source of these funds was “the sale of Iranian oil.”
