The Guardian reports that a billionaire donor to Britain’s Reform UK had previously been involved in a business venture with Astan Quds Razavi, an Iranian religious foundation said to operate under the authority of Iran’s supreme leader.
The coverage frames the matter as a potential concern about the donor’s prior links to an Iranian republic widely described in UK political discourse as hardline. The Guardian also identifies the donor as Sasan (Hossein) Ghandehari, noting that he became more prominent in the UK after pledging major donations to Reform UK and making a smaller donation linked to Farage’s costs for passes to the World Economic Forum. Another outlet, Iran International, leads on the same underlying claim by focusing on the reported connection between the Reform UK donor and the supreme leader-linked foundation.
