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Farage Receives £50,000 Donation Tied to Ghandehari Plan

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  • Nigel Farage received a £50,000 donation from Iranian-born businessman Hossein Ghandehari.
  • Ghandehari pledged to move his tax residency to the UK and give Reform UK over £1 million annually.
  • French arbitration found HP Trust owned Ori Group, which held a 49% stake in a venture with Astan Quds Razavi.
  • The joint venture collapsed in 2016 after a hardliner replaced ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabasi and Ghandehari’s entities were expelled.