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Gen. Rostam Ghasemi heads Khatam al-Anbiya, the most powerful economic wing of the Revolutionary Guards, with diverse interests in construction, oil and gas, telecommunications and other sectors.
Iran's Pick for Oil Post Signals Power Shift Farnaz Fassihi 2011
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Gen. Ghasemi, who heads Khatam al-Anbiya, the most powerful economic wing of the Revolutionary Guards, will be the first commander from the elite paramilitary force to move into a ministerial post not related to defense.
Iran Approves Guard Official as Oil Minister Benoit Faucon 2011
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Khatem al-Anbiya is controlled by Iran's elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the U.S. believes oversees Tehran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
U.S. Will Take Further Steps to Isolate Iran Jay Solomon 2011
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"After my appointment is approved I will be using Khatam al-Anbiya for oil contracts along with other domestic contractors," Gen. Ghasemi told the semiofficial Fars News Agency on Wednesday.
Iran's Pick for Oil Post Signals Power Shift Farnaz Fassihi 2011
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Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters: the Guard's engineering arm, which the IRGC uses to generate income and fund operations, and 12 subsidiaries, four of which were added last week.
Pressure on Iran Increases From U.S. Peter Spiegel 2010
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Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters: the Guard's engineering arm, which the IRGC uses to generate income and fund operations, and 12 subsidiaries, four of which were added last week.
Pressure on Iran Increases From U.S. Peter Spiegel 2010
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Seven of eight members of NIOC's board of directors are executives who serve or used to serve as general managers of NIOC subsidiaries that did business with Khatam al-Anbiya, according to research conducted by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and Arcanum Global, a private intelligence firm with international headquarters in Zurich.
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In August, Qasemi, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and former head of Khatam al-Anbiya, its engineering arm, was named Iran's oil minister and chairman of NIOC.
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Khatam al-Anbiya has been sanctioned by the U.S., the EU and the United Nations for being part of the Guard.
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With the active support of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country's president, who has handed Khatam al-Anbiya a succession of huge no-bid contracts, its economic influence has ballooned exponentially over the past few years into just about every aspect of economic life.
The Guardian World News Julian Borger 2010
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