BARAN Foundation explained

BARAN Foundation
Established:	2005
Mission:	"Promotion of freedom, growth and development in Iran"
Focus:	Politics
Chairman:	Javad Emam
Head:	Mohammad Khatami
Location:	Tehran
Key People:	Hassan Rasouli (Head of Board)

Foundation for Freedom, Growth and Development of Iran (Persian: بنیاد آزادی، رشد و آبادانی ایران), backronymed BARAN Foundation (Persian: بنیاد باران, meaning Rain Foundation) is an Iranian not-for-profit non-governmental organization headed by Mohammad Khatami.^[1] Almost all members of the foundation are reformists.^[2]

See also

• Omid Iranian Foundation

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dutch Iranian Held in 2009 Protests Hanged; 'Iranians and the Cult of Death'. PBS. 15 February 2016.
2. Web site: Seyyed Hassan Rasouli Explains the Intentions of ‘Baran’ Foundation. Herald Boy. 15 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20130706024937/http://www.heraldboy.com/seyyed-hassan-rasouli-explains-the-intentions-of-baran-foundation/205/. 6 July 2013. dead.