Corruption and collusion in Iran's petrochemical and oil industry have reached a network worth several hundred million euros, involving suspicious collaborations with European, Indian, and Chinese companies in the supply of industrial equipment.
Key Figures and Collusions
According to documents related to the contracts for the supply of industrial equipment in oil, gas, and petrochemical projects, a network of suspicious financial relationships has formed among certain intermediaries and industrial managers. The name Khosrow Zamani has emerged as one of the key figures in this network. This individual has been active in recent years in selling control valves and safety equipment to major oil complexes.
It is said that the commercial activities of Zamani expanded during the management of Javad Sohaili at the South Pars Gas Complex, and Sohaili was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in 2024.
The targeted goods were sold to the South Pars Gas Complex, Abadan Refinery, Alborz Pardis Petrochemical, and the petrochemicals in Assaluyeh and Mahshahr at several times their price in foreign currency.
The Role of Intermediaries and Coding
In this context, the name Davood Ghandehari has been mentioned as an intermediary who established the connection between the domestic network and foreign companies. Additionally, a German individual has also played a role in these interactions, preventing the transfer of complaints from Iranian companies to the headquarters of foreign companies.
One of the methods used in this network is the exclusive coding of part numbers for equipment, making direct purchases from the main companies impossible for other suppliers. By examining the sale prices of foreign equipment to Iran's industrial complexes and comparing them with actual prices, the dimensions of this several tens of millions of euros corruption case become clear.
Currently, the case related to these business relationships is under investigation in the Bushehr judiciary, and some individuals connected to it are free on bail.
