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- noun Plural form of
bonyad .
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Examples
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The Imam Reza Shrine is part of a cluster of bonyads, nominally charitable foundations with huge holdings….
Archive 2007-06-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007
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This status gives bonyads an independent authority outside Iran's formal state bureaucracy and checks the power of elected officials….
Archive 2007-06-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007
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The IRGC operate in part through Iran's bonyads, ostensibly charitable foundations that operate as huge holding companies.
The Guardian World News Julian Borger 2010
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Tehran has arguably benefited from a "whole-of-government" approach in which government-owned industries and IRGC-influenced religious foundations (bonyads) are used as tools of statecraft.
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Today, Iran possesses a good manufacturing industry, despite bonyads have often been managed badly, making them ineffective and uncompetitive with years.
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Today, Iran possesses a good manufacturing industry, despite bonyads have often been managed badly, making them ineffective and uncompetitive with years.
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