Meaningful Connection of Ali Jabari, Ali Ansari, and Nikzad; Centered on Ayat Moradpour

The influence and pressure of a circle connected to Ali Nikzad, a member of parliament, for appointments in the banking and insurance sectors is evident in the case of Ali Jabari's appointment as CEO of Iran Insurance.

Jabari, with a history of widespread corruption in various managerial periods, has taken the seat at Iran Insurance under conditions where he is known as one of the managers of the Azerbaijani faction in parliament.

Sources close to Jabari have said that the central figure of this network is a person named Ayat Moradpour, who has now become a board member of the Iran Insurance Holding. Moradpour, with a background in the steel industry, possesses immense wealth, which he uses for the electoral campaign expenses of representatives from the Azerbaijan electoral district, and Nikzad is one of these representatives.

Ayat Moradpour as the Central Figure of the Network
Moradpour is also the person who facilitated the connection between Jabari and Ali Ansari, owner of Future Bank and one of the largest bank debtors. According to documents from 2014, Jabari, who was the director of the Bodily Injury Compensation Fund, invested nearly 1,000 billion tomans of this fund's public resources into Ali Ansari's Future Bank and attempted to save the bank from impending bankruptcy by depositing it there.


In exchange for this illegal action, it was agreed that Future Bank would grant loans of up to 100 million tomans at 4% interest to the 70 employees of the Bodily Injury Compensation Fund. Interestingly, the names of some of these individuals, including Ali Jabari's brother-in-law and others introduced by Jabari to the bank, were included.

Jabari, with the support of parliamentary representatives, was able to clear major corruption cases involving his associates, such as Loqman Pak Ravan, in the Inspection Organization and the Prosecutor's Office for Government Employees. The investigation of this case revealed traces of this corruption network.


The Controversial Case of the Bidarian Ship Compensation
With the election of Abdolnaser Hemmati, Jabari's supporting representatives, including Nikzad, attempted to place Jabari in the CEO position of Iran Insurance. This occurred while Jabari, during his tenure as Deputy Director of Finance at Iran Insurance, was the central figure in a controversial case involving collusion with a person named Hassan Bidarian, where a second-hand ship purchased by Bidarian was insured by Iran Insurance and subsequently sank at sea, leading to the euro-denominated insurance payout to Bidarian.

The level of misconduct in this case was such that the managers of Iran Insurance at the time refused to pay it, and this fabricated compensation was eventually paid with Jabari's appointment. The connection between Jabari and Bidarian is revealed when we learn that during his tenure at the Bodily Injury Compensation Fund, Hussein Bidarian's brother was one of Jabari's main advisors.


A manager with a record full of corruption who has reached such a position solely due to the support of Nikzad and some other representatives.