Rent-Seeking IRGC Member
Mohammad-Bagher Marvi is a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the brother of Ali Marvi. Ali Marvi served as a Member of Parliament (representing the Neyshabur and Firuzeh constituency in Razavi Khorasan Province) during the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th terms of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and chaired the Parliament's Energy Commission. He also served for a time as Deputy Minister of Petroleum during the Ahmadinejad administration.
Mohammad-Bagher Marvi founded the Sima-Ara company in 1996 by leveraging the influence of the IRGC and his brother, Ali Marvi, thereby amassing immense wealth. The company operates as a massive monopoly, controlling all billboards and advertising across cities and in public spaces such as airports.
Mohammad-Bagher Marvi is also the uncle of Hamid-Reza Marvi, who has been residing in the United States for years—that very America which is forbidden to the general public yet deemed essential for these individuals and their families—and works at Arizona State University.
Incidentally, Ali Marvi—mentioned earlier—is the father of Hamidreza Marvi, who, as I noted, is in the United States. The father stayed behind in Iran to "fight America," yet sent his son there to enjoy the good life. Of course, had he been able to, the father would certainly have settled in the U.S. himself; however, he is currently held back by a sense of shame. He cannot bring himself to move to America after decades of serving the bloodthirsty Islamic regime, chanting "Death to America," and being complicit in the regime's crimes—though he does constantly send "Haj-Khanom" (Hamidreza’s mother) to the U.S. to visit their son.
