Tahqiqāt-e Târix-e Eqtesâdi (Economic History Studies of Iran)

Despotism and financial corruption: the economic movements of the Rashidians during the second Pahlavi period

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Authors

Mojtaba Soltani Ahmadi 1
mohammad hassan pourghanbar 2
Ruhollah Solgi 3

1 Department of The History and Civilization of Islamic Nation, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran

2 PhD and contemporary history researcher

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.

10.30465/sehs.2025.50147.2013
Abstract
Considering the relationship between the type of political government and economic movements in a country, this article is focused on the economic activities of the Rashidian family during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as described in the framework of the descriptive method and based on first-class sources and authentic documents. By examining the efforts of the Rashidians in the field of Iran's economy from the fall of Pahlavi I to the end of Pahlavi II's rule, this study examines the mechanisms of acquiring financial wealth by this family. The result indicates that the mentioned family, which was among the loyal circles and connected to the main core of power, took advantage of the privileges that the centralized autocratic and authoritarian regimes provide to their insiders and supporters. , through the underground economy and taking illegal actions in the form of mainly rent-seeking, brokering and fraud, they obtained significant economic capital over three decades, to the extent that not only they have completely distanced themselves from the middle class, but even at the end of Pahlavi's rule as one of the They were considered very rich families and Iranian oligarchs.

Keywords

Pahlavi rule
Rashidian family
economic activities
rent-seeking
brokerage
fraud

  • Receive Date 02 October 2024
  • Revise Date 07 February 2025
  • Accept Date 08 April 2025

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