A global platform connecting verified capital, talent, legal expertise, and governance leadership to Iran’s post-transition reconstruction. Founded on a decade of real, documented experience from inside Iran.
Visitors in Year One — Ranked Above Government Trade Sites
16+
International Events Across 5 Countries
Global
No Geographic Loyalty. No Political Allegiance.
“A nation’s future is not built on the day of its liberation.
It is built by those who refused to wait.”
Our Mission
Iran is not a broken country waiting to be fixed. It is a compressed civilisation.
7,000 years of history. 90 million people. The world’s largest combined oil and gas reserves. 30 million educated young people. And a global diaspora that has built companies, won Nobel prizes, and shaped science, law, medicine, and technology across five continents.
What Iran has suffered is not a lack of capacity. It is a theft of potential. For 46 years, a regime built on ideology rather than competence has systematically looted Iran’s resources, silenced its brightest minds, and spent billions in freed capital on missiles and proxy wars instead of building the nation its people deserve.
That era is ending. Open Iran Global exists to make sure the right people are ready when it does — with verified capital, global expertise, legal frameworks, and governance leadership already in place before the moment arrives.
Persepolis — 5th Century BC • The Civilisation That Endures
7,000
Years of History
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Platform Track Record
The Numbers That Prove It.
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2015
Founded
Registered in England & Wales. The original Iran investment intelligence platform.
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Year One Visitors
Ranked above UK Government trade sites for Iran investment searches in year one.
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International Events
Conferences, trade missions, and investment forums across Iran, UK, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia.
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Countries Operated In
Iran, United Kingdom, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia — with a global diaspora network.
2015
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Year One Visitors
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International Events
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Countries Operated In
ICC
Listed Counsel
PhD
Intl Business Law
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Above Gov’t Trade Sites
Our Track Record
We Have Done This Before. We Witnessed What Went Wrong.
Our founder lived inside Iran from 2014 to 2018. He didn’t watch the sanctions relief from a distance — he built a platform inside it, brought investors to the table, stood on international conference stages warning about the structural obstacles, and watched the regime take $150 billion in freed capital and spend it on weapons. He left in 2018. He is building again — this time, for what replaces it.
2001
The Resignation
Dr. Siamak Goudarzi resigns from the Iranian judiciary on moral grounds — refusing to serve a system that used law as a weapon against the people it was meant to protect. His father, Judge Mahmoud Goudarzi, later dies during Iran’s 2009 Green Movement.
2001–2014
Building International Credentials
PhD in International Business Law, University of Portsmouth. ICC-listed counsel. Academic posts in the UK and Iran. A decade of international legal practice building the expertise that would power Open Iran Group.
2015
Open Iran Group Founded — London
Registered in England & Wales (Co. No. 10856030). First year attracts 118,000 website visitors — ranking above the UK Government’s Department of Trade for Iran investment searches.
Registered UK Company118K Visitors Year OneRanked #1 Above Gov’t
2016
Peak Activity — Inside Iran
Living and operating inside Iran. UK multi-sector trade mission to Iran. Conferences and investment events across Tehran, Kish Island, Moscow, and Kazakhstan. Warning publicly about IRGC economic dominance blocking serious investment.
UK Trade Mission to IranECE Iran — TehranKish INVEX 20163 Russia Events
2017–19
International Expansion
3 consecutive years as local partner for Hydropower Caspian Congress, Tbilisi. Azernews interview (2017). The Emerging Markets Podcast by Pequod Advisors (May 2019, 31 min).
Sanctions returned. The regime took $150 billion and spent it on missiles, not markets. Dr. Goudarzi leaves Iran. Open Iran Group suspended.
2022
Woman, Life, Freedom
The uprising following Mahsa Amini’s death marks a fundamental shift. For the first time since 1979, ordinary Iranians assert a simple, irreducible demand: the right to live as themselves.
Nationwide ProtestsAll 31 ProvincesWoman Life Freedom
2025–26
The Lion and Sun Rises Again
A new wave of protests erupts across all 31 provinces of Iran. Open Iran Global stands with the Iranian people — not with any party, but with the people, in their right to live freely and reclaim their future.
All 31 ProvincesA Symbol 3,000 Years OldIran Belongs to Its People
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Open Iran Global — Built for What’s Coming
Domain registered. Manifesto published. Intelligence Report 001 released. Working groups forming. Registration opening soon.
Sector-specific readiness communities for Iran’s post-transition reconstruction. Each working group connects verified experts, investors, and governance leaders in one field.
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Legal & Governance
Rule of law, institutional reconstruction, constitutional frameworks, judicial reform, and property rights. The foundation without which nothing else can be built.
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Finance & Investment
Capital readiness, deal flow architecture, banking infrastructure reconstruction, and investment protection frameworks for a post-transition economy.
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Energy
Oil, gas, renewable energy, and infrastructure modernisation. Iran holds 10% of world oil reserves and enormous untapped renewable potential.
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AI & Technology
Digital governance, tech ecosystem development, AI ethics for reconstruction, and responsible deployment of technology in a post-authoritarian society.
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Trade & Commerce
Market entry frameworks, JV structures, sector opportunity mapping, partner matching, and the commercial architecture for Iran’s reintegration into global trade.
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Education
Iran has one of the highest university enrolment rates in the world. This working group — led by a founder with direct UK higher education operational experience — builds international partnerships from day one.
Infrastructure & Construction · Tourism & Cultural Economy — joining soon
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Intelligence & Reports
Analysis That Institutions Trust.
Published sector analysis authored by practitioners who were inside Iran — not commentators. The knowledge foundation for every serious investor preparing for Iran’s post-transition economy.
Latest Report
The IRGC Economy: What It Destroyed, What Its Removal Unlocks
A sector-by-sector analysis of the IRGC’s economic capture of Iran and the multi-trillion dollar investment opportunity that its removal unlocks. Written by a practitioner who operated inside Iran from 2014 to 2018.
ICC-Listed Counsel • PhD International Business Law • Former Judge, Iran
“I was inside Iran when the regime took $150 billion and spent it on missiles. I warned about the IRGC on every stage I stood on. The record proved me right. I am not building again because I forgot what happened. I am building again because I know exactly why it did.”
Dr. Siamak Goudarzi served as a judge in Iran’s judiciary before resigning in 2001 on moral grounds. He completed a PhD in International Business Law at the University of Portsmouth, built an international legal practice, and founded Open Iran Group in 2015 — living inside Iran from 2014 to 2018 as he built it.
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Former Judge, Iranian JudiciaryResigned 2001 on moral grounds. Father, Judge Mahmoud Goudarzi, died during the 2009 Green Movement.
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PhD, International Business LawUniversity of Portsmouth. Academic posts at University of Portsmouth and Azad University.
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Principal, Spinnaker College — UKFounded and ran a registered UK higher education institution.
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Founder & CEO, Open Iran Group (2015–2019)118,000 visitors in year one, 16+ international events across Iran, UK, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia.
ICC-Listed CounselInternational Criminal Court. Appointed member, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
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AI Ethics Researcher & CEO, Nexter AI GroupFounder of I Review AI. Author of Awakening Intelligence and Who Owns Intelligence? USPTO patent in AI legal identity.
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Founding Manifesto
Why This Exists.
This is the document that defines everything. Read it. Share it. It is freely available.
Iran is not a broken country waiting to be fixed.
It is a compressed civilisation — 7,000 years of history, 90 million people, the world’s largest combined oil and gas reserves, and a global diaspora that has shaped science, law, medicine, and technology across five continents.
That era is ending. The question is not whether Iran can rebuild. Iran will rebuild. The question is: who is ready, and who is not.
We Have Done This Before — And We Witnessed What Went Wrong.
Our founder lived inside Iran from 2014 to 2018. He stood on international conference stages warning about the IRGC’s economic stranglehold. The Islamic Republic received $150 billion in freed funds — and spent it on missiles, not markets.
We saw all of it. From inside Iran. In real time. This time, we are building the infrastructure for what comes after it.
This Time, Iran Is Open to the Entire World.
A free Iran means the IRGC no longer controls the economy. It means sectors it captured — energy, construction, telecoms, banking, shipping — are open to genuine private and foreign investment. It means the investment case does not improve. It transforms.
A Personal Word.
I left Iran’s judicial system in 2001 because I could not serve a system that used law as a weapon. I moved back in 2014, built Open Iran Group from the inside — and watched the regime take $150 billion and spend it on missiles.
It is built from the hard-won knowledge of someone who has been inside the system and understands — better than most — exactly why it must end.
— Dr. Siamak Goudarzi Founder, Open Iran Global • ICC-Listed Counsel • PhD International Business Law • CEO, Nexter AI Group
Three tracks — Capital, Talent & Expertise, and Leadership & Governance. Not a mailing list. A structured, vetted database of people who intend to be part of Iran’s future.
