Civic IDEA is pleased to share its Report #2 on Iran, prepared within the framework of our ongoing monitoring of Georgia’s economic and political linkages related to Iran.
Key findings from the report include:
72 companies registered in Georgia imported Iranian oil and petroleum products in 2022–2025, based on official data and documents.
- 15 companies are related to citizens of third countries (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia).
- 10 companies are related to Iranian citizens, and 2 companies have Iranian citizens among their partners as managers/shareholders.
- 8 companies are linked to donors of the Georgian Dream party; 3 of these are winners of state tenders.
- 8 companies have contracts with various state agencies. Managers/shareholders of 3 companies are linked to other entities that have won state contracts.
- 5 companies are indirectly related to Georgian Dream donors — Aisi LLC, Ihlas LLC, Bakhula Motors LLC, Baza-22 LLC, Sulfeco LLC — as member organizations of the NNLE Waste Management Business Association. The association is headed by Bakur Khundadze, a donor to Georgian Dream.
- 4 companies are indirectly connected to public/political officials and members of the Georgian Parliament, including a former Georgian Dream MP.
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