{"id":240604,"date":"2025-05-14T00:56:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T00:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/uber-ceo-plots-opening-up-of-iran-with-israeli-tied-monarchist-opposition-group\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T00:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T00:56:30","slug":"uber-ceo-plots-opening-up-of-iran-with-israeli-tied-monarchist-opposition-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=240604","title":{"rendered":"Uber CEO plots \u2018opening up\u2019 of Iran with Israeli-tied monarchist opposition group"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n
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A livestreamed Iranian royalist chat revealed a network of foreign-educated elites plotting to plunder Iran\u2019s economy after realizing their dream of\u00a0regime\u00a0change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, has drawn criticism following his participation in an online discussion workshopping ways to exploit Iran in the event of regime change. The event wad hosted by NUFDI, the main DC-based advocacy group for the monarchist movement surrounding Reza Pahlavi, whose father was the last reigning Shah of Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion,\u00a0marketed<\/a>\u00a0by one prominent online Pahlavi booster as an effort \u201cto present designs that could be quickly implemented in Iran after the fall of the Islamic Republic\u201d and \u201cthe establishment of a sound government,\u201d was held to cobble together a loose plan for the privatization of Iran\u2019s economy following an apparently to-be-determined regime change scenario. It\u2019s unclear whether the vision laid out by the two Iranian expats represents a concrete blueprint for toppling the government, but the content of the chat suggested the Uber CEO seeks lucrative gains in the event of a successful regime change operation.<\/p>

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Shameful that @dkhos<\/a> & @shervin<\/a> are speaking at a NUFDI event\u2014an Iranian monarchist group pushing for military strikes on Iran, collective punishment via sanctions, & viciously attacking other opposition voices more than the regime itself.<\/p>

Maybe they don\u2019t know. But they should. pic.twitter.com\/OeEcL8jtBQ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Sina Toossi (@SinaToossi) May 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Asked by fellow uber-wealthy US-based Iranian venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar what he would do in the \u201cfirst 100 days\u201d of a \u201cFree Iran,\u201d Khosrowshahi\u00a0explained<\/a>, \u201cIf you look at the potential GDP of the country\u2026 As a marketplace, I think, Uber and pretty much every single other major technology company and services company and brand company, would look at Iran as a very, very significant new market to come into. So I think that we would absolutely come into Iran and invest aggressively in the local marketplace as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are thousands and thousands of Iranian-American entrepreneurs like myself and you out there, and it\u2019s a force to be reckoned with,\u201d Khosrowshahi continued. \u201cAnd when Iran opens up, I\u2019m really looking forward to putting that good force to work, so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pishevar, who has been\u00a0accused<\/a>\u00a0of sexual assault or harassment by at least six women who worked with him, repeatedly\u00a0stumbled<\/a>\u00a0while reading a made-for-TV sales pitch during his lengthy introduction of Khosrowshahi: \u201cThe Islamic Republic tried to bury us\u2026 But we were seeds. Impenetrable seeds. What comes next is the blooming of the Iranian spirit \u2013 bold, beautiful, and unstoppable. Let the world see this: that Iran, once silenced by fear, murder, and rape, rose up in hope, and became a beacon to all nations who dream of liberty. We will no longer fund terrorism, we will fund hope. This is our mission, this is Iranian dynamism. It begins now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NUFDI has longstanding ties to the Israeli government and works closely with hardline Israel lobby organizations such as the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. As a nexus of Iran\u2019s monarchist movement, its agenda centers around the royal ascension of Reza Pahlavi, whose supporters believe is the natural heir to the Persian throne and should rule Iran as its king. They claim Pahlavi is the rightful successor of Iran\u2019s last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was forced into exile after the abolition of the monarchy during the Iranian revolution of 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the most vocal \u2013 and fanatical \u2013 members of the NUFDI team is Saeed Ghasseminejad, who\u2019s described on the group\u2019s\u00a0site<\/a>\u00a0as a member of their \u201cadvisory council\u201d and moonlights for the Israeli government\u2019s best-known think tank cutout in Washington, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. In addition to\u00a0posting<\/a>\u00a0\u201cDeath to Palestine\u201d on X, Ghasseminejad\u00a0accompanied<\/a>\u00a0Pahlavi during an April 2023 visit to Israel, during which the self-styled Iranian prince met personally with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel. The delegation reportedly went as far as praying at the Western Wall, while studiously avoiding the Al-Aqsa mosque that Muslims consider the third holiest site in Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though not a major issue for their Western backers, the Pahlavists\u2019 burgeoning alliance with Israel is a source of revulsion for many of the Iranians they purport to represent, who strongly back Palestinians amid Israel\u2019s ongoing genocidal siege of Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The connection between Khosrowshahi\u2019s vast family wealth and the Iranian monarchy was specifically mentioned by Pishevar, who in addition to having seeded money to Uber himself, also noted that his grandfather once served as the CFO of Khosrowshahi\u2019s own \u201cgrandfather\u2019s company\u2026 which was a big pharmaceutical giant in Iran during the Shah\u2019s era.\u201d Since their exile, the wealth those Iranian elites were able to squirrel away during the revolution has grown handsomely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the top rungs of Iran\u2019s expat community in the West, few family names draw as much attention as Khosrowshahi\u2019s. As Business Insider\u00a0noted<\/a>\u00a0in 2019, \u201cFor Khosrowshahi, one of today\u2019s most powerful tech CEOs, success runs in his blood\u2026 The chief executive\u2019s brothers, cousins, and uncles have impressive resumes that include founding their own multimillion-dollar startups, running Fortune 500 companies, and earning diplomas from Harvard, Brown and Stanford.\u201d His uncle, Hassan Khosrowshahi, is one of Canada\u2019s richest men, and had an estimated net worth of $1.16 billion as of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In introducing Khosrowshahi during the talk with NUFDI, Pishevar expressed a desire to \u201clet our ancient soil become the most advanced educational hub in the middle east\u201d and to \u201clet every Iranian child have access to the best education in the world that they have deserved for the last 46 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranians today enjoy some of the highest literacy and higher education attainment rates in the region, with women making up nearly 60 percent of all university students. Yet no matter how much privatization was to take place in Iran, ordinary citizens would have little chance of accessing the type of schooling available to the Khosrowshahi family. According to media reports, Dara attended a $44,000\/year Ivy League prep academy known as the Hackley School, alongside his brother, before going on to enroll at Brown University.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>