The Barakat Foundation is connected to Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order for the purpose of helping the underprivileged According to Reuters, the foundation "is a unit of a massive business empire controlled by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that is known as Setad Ejraiye Farmane Hazrate Emam." According to one of its senior officials, the foundation had invested more than $1.6 billion to progress projects, as well as building of 200 schools, 400 homes and health clinics during five years; however, these claims are impossible to verify because its accounts are not publicly available. Moreover, the same official also admitted that “part of the income has been spent on developing companies in the Tadbir Group.” Barakat Foundation, as a charitable bonyad, concentrates on the economic development projects in the rural region, and "has stakes in the country's pharmaceutical industry."
History
The Barakat Foundation was established on 11 December 2007, two months after Mohammad Mokhber was elected as the leader of Setad, in order to perform activities in fields of entrepreneurship and the social and economic development in the deprived areas. The foundation was formerly managed by Aref Norouzi. The current manager is Amir Hosein Madani.
Following the statement by Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, i.e. “solve the problems of 1,000 villages. It would be good to develop 1,000 places or to build 1,000 schools. Prepare this organisation for this task”, Barakat was created as the affiliated department to Setad. The organization aimed to carry out construction projects in underdeveloped regions of the country as a “Leader’s gift to people living in these regions”, according to the IRNA.
Activity
Barakat Foundation aims to provide sustainable employment and facilitate process in villages. As the head of the foundation's board of directors mentioned, Barakat Foundation is going to provided 10,000 jobs in rural and deprived regions of Iran till March 2019. In Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Barakat Foundation is going to establish two factories for packaging and processing dates to support farmers. During five years Barakat has been supported several economic development projects, such as building schools, roads, housing units and mosques, as well as providing water and electricity. According to the Fars news agency, the Foundation has constructed 1,000 schools in 31 provinces of the country, and the construction of next 1,000 schools is in progress. The Foundation has prepared health services for deprived populations and has supported over 60,000 cancer patients by building equipped cancer clinic type 3. The Foundation has carried out 482 economic and entrepreneurship projects for 198,000 people who need a job in 31 provinces of the country. Six pharmaceutical companies affiliated to setad, under the administration of the Barakat Foundation is spending their income in for charitable movement.
Ehsan-Barakat Charity foundation
Ehsan-Barakat Charity foundation associated to Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order and Barekat Foundation was founded in order to request of current Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei to provide more quickly help for individual cases. As Mokhber, the chief of Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order nominated, the activities which be performed by the Charity relies on people’s help. According to Mohammad Vudud Madani, the manager of Ehsan-Barakat in May 2018, 3 trailer equipped with medical equipment and 2 service trailers, as well as 10 tents with a capacity of 140 hospital beds, were prepared and sent for deprived areas. The Charity organized that 8000 needy people who live in deprived areas including Helmand region, Hamoun and Nimroz in Sistan and Baluchestan province, cities from South Khorasan Province and Ahmadfedaleh Rural District, travel to Karbala in Arba'een as the special campaign called "the Visa of Paradise".
Barakat Tel
The Barakat Tel Company is one of the companies affiliated with the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order, funded by Barakat Foundation as a designer and executor of the Electronic Health Program to develop services at the deprived areas of the country in the field of public health. The company provides 18 types of electronic services during the Electronic Health Program.
Bartek Pharmaceutical Group
The Bartek Pharmaceutical Group is a subsidiary of the Setad, which was established in 1389 under the name of "New Technologies of Tedbir Pharmaceutical Technologies". The company provides services through cooperation with Knowledge enterprises and the world's medical scientists.
The Barakat Knowledge enterprise is the part of Setad for New Technologies and the Development of Knowledge Economy. Its duties are introduced based on Iranian -Islamic pattern in establishing and expanding the ecosystem and infrastructure for the development of knowledge and activities of Knowledge enterprise.
