Mehdi Azizian

Mehdi Azizian
Born (1956-01-20) January 20, 1956
Mashhad, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupation Businessman
Title President and CEO of Astan Quds Razavi
Religion Shia Islam
Spouse(s) Maryam Azizian (m. 1983)
Children 2

Mehdi Azizian (Persian: مهدی عزیزیان‎‎, born 20 January 1956) is an Iranian businessman and economist who is President and CEO of Astan Quds Razavi (AQR) since 1 March 2014.[1] He was previously Economic Vice President of the company.

Biography

Mehdi Azizian, a civil engineer,[2] is head of the Astan Quds Razavi (AQR) since 1988. He is also chairman of the Organization for Eghtesade Razavi, the largest financial holding company, the country's biggest in eastern part.[3] AQR is one of the largest charitable foundation in Iran, "with huge holdings acquired through generations of donations" from devotees at the Imam Reza shrine and has revenues in billions of dollars. After the revolution, Azizian was in charge of the huge construction project which expanded the Imam Reza shrine. He also had a lot of input into the overall urban planing around the shrine, the architecture of the new elements (porches, porticoes, courts etc.) in the shrine of Imam Reza.

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ Mehdi Azizian elected as new CEO of AQS
  2. ↑ Higgins, Andrew (2007-06-02). "Inside Iran's Holy Money Machine". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  3. ↑ [reorazavi.org/Introduction/27.aspx Management]

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