New Dimensions of Land Grabbing by Tehran's Friday Prayer Leader; Sadeghi Acquired Ozgol Garden 150 Times Below Market Price

Recent documents published regarding land grabbing in the Ozgol seminary indicate that Kazem Sadeghi, as the custodian of this seminary, has transferred a garden worth one trillion tomans out of the seminary's ownership to his family company at 150 times below the regional price. The website 'Khabar Online' reported on new dimensions of this economic corruption committed by the temporary Friday prayer leader of Tehran, stating that the estimated value of the 4200 square meter Ozgol garden is around one trillion tomans, yet it was transferred for less than 7 billion tomans. The report noted that this amount is less than the price of a 50 square meter new apartment in the Ozgol area and that the garden was sold for only 1.6 million tomans per square meter, which is 150 times below the regional price. Recently, journalist Yashar Soltani revealed documents from the land grabbing case at the 'Imam Khomeini Seminary,' showing that the ownership of the 4200 square meter garden, valued at approximately one trillion tomans, was transferred to a company belonging to Kazem Sadeghi and his relatives. Another part of the latest report emphasized that the transfer document explicitly states that the entire amount was 'paid in cash to the seller,' meaning that Kazem Sadeghi's son paid this amount in cash to the seller, who is his father. The emphasis on cash payment and the absence of any banking documents are among the points that Khabar Online has questioned regarding the money transfer, stating that now that they have claimed they will return the garden, the seminary must refund 6.6 billion tomans to the buyers. After the land grabbing allegations against Kazem Sadeghi and his denial of the incident, linking it to enemies, the Khomeini seminary issued a statement confirming that the transfer of the Ozgol garden document to Kazem Sadeghi and his sons 'was done by Sadeghi himself in the notary,' and emphasized that upon learning of the violations, 'an order was issued to return the land to the seminary.' According to a letter published in some domestic media, including the 'Ham Mihan' newspaper and the 'Eghtesad 24' website, this seminary confirmed the original news, stating: 'There were formal issues that have been resolved.' The seminary claimed that the property is currently 'fully under the control of this seminary' and stated that 'after learning of the violations that occurred,' 'an order was issued to return the land to the seminary, and the administrative procedures are underway, and once finalized, it will be announced.' As new dimensions of the land grabbing case of Tehran's temporary Friday prayer leader emerged, social media users also called for judicial action against him. Mohsen Barahani, a lawyer, wrote in his Telegram channel titled 'The Smell of Cover-Up' that regret even moments after committing a crime does not affect the realization of the crime. He noted that the main crime occurred in the transfer of the 4200 square meters of land, and Kazem Sadeghi, as the custodian of the seminary, transferred the school property to an institution. Sina Jahani also wrote on his account on the social media platform 'X' that more dimensions of this land grabbing are being published daily, while no institution is responding, whereas Mehdi Yarahee was arrested for releasing a song like a terrorist. Additionally, Ali Mojtahedzadeh, another lawyer, wrote in his Telegram channel that the Khomeini seminary announced that Kazem Sadeghi 'personally signed the property transfer document; how long will the inaction of judicial authorities continue?' According to this lawyer, Kazem Sadeghi 'has harmed the religion and the trust of the people more than those girls who became Haji Firouz? Is his crime heavier than that of unveiled women?' Kazem Sadeghi, the temporary Friday prayer leader of Tehran and head of the headquarters for promoting virtue and forbidding vice, after the exposure of the land grabbing issue, called the report 'enemy-pleasing malice' and claimed that his signature was 'forged,' stating that the purpose of these 'disturbances and revelations is to discredit the people.' Senior clerics of the Islamic Republic are under accusation of land grabbing; this time Kazem Sadeghi. The consequences of land grabbing; social media users demand judicial action against Kazem Sadeghi. Confirmation of land grabbing by Tehran's Friday prayer leader; a seminary: Kazem Sadeghi signed the document in the notary's office. Support from Raisi's deputy for Sadeghi: unfairly tarnishing a revolutionary figure. Sadeghi called the exposure of his and his family's 'land grabbing' a 'malice pleasing to the enemy.'