Bonyad

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Bonyads are foundations in Iran . Today there are around 120 bonyads , which make up a large proportion of the Iranian gross domestic product . According to the French Embassy in Iran, Astana Quds Rezavi is the largest landowner in Iran with annual sales of 14 billion US dollars and is responsible for the pilgrimage site of Ali ar-Rida in Mashhad . The Bonyad-e Mostazafan va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and War Veterans) has an annual turnover of 10 billion US dollars. Both foundations are directly subordinate to Seyyed Alī Chāmene'ī .

history

Reza Schah Pahlavi , his son Mohammad Reza Schah Pahlavi and his wife Schahbanu Farah Pahlavi founded numerous charitable foundations for public welfare and to support science, art and culture, for example Bonyad-e Farhang-e Iran .

After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 these foundations were either dissolved or transferred to new foundations. Further foundations were created through the confiscation of financial assets and real estate belonging to the former upper class.

The Iranian Majles ( Parliament ) lifted the tax exemption of the bonyads in 2002 .