Mohammad Javad “Sasha” Sobhani is here boarding a private jet for Ibiza while carrying a Louis Vuitton bag. He’s the son of a top Iranian official who, as far as I can tell, is still alive.
He has a years-long run as an Iranian luxury-playboy influencer, flaunting Ferraris, private planes, champagne, parties, women, gambling and open contempt for poorer Iranians. His father has overseen inflation, poverty, sanctions, repression, and corruption.
Sasha Sobhani, the son of former regime official Ahmad Sobhani,
showed off the private jet on Instagram where he flaunts his lavish lifestyle.His father, previously served as Ambassador to Venezuela & Gabon as well as deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs. pic.twitter.com/f5gknF7DFp
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 22, 2026
Sobhani is part of the “Rich Kids of Tehran” phenomenon – a symbol of insider privilege in the Islamic Republic. He’s mocked criticism, telling poorer critics to work harder and “drop dead.”
Son of former Iranian regime official shows off his private jet in Switzerland.
Sasha Sobhani is the son of Ahmad Sobhani, who served as Iranian Ambassador to Venezuela.
His father also previously served as Iranian deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs. pic.twitter.com/BTPUUBQTld
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) February 1, 2026
Iran accused him of offenses including money laundering and operating or promoting illegal gambling sites, and Spanish authorities detained him in Madrid in 2021 on Iran’s request before releasing him.
- His father called him back to Iran in 2013, and he threw raves in Tehran.
- He drew attention from the morality authorities after a 2018 Instagram Live from Turkey showed a naked woman in the background.
- He was arrested on pornography-related charges in Iran and departed to Turkey and later Europe.
Even when there’s a performative crackdown he can (1) still leave, and (2) still have his ostentatious lifestyle funded.
Son of Iranian regime official shows off multimillion dollar collection of luxury cars.
Sasha Sobhani, the son of Ahmad Sobhani- who previously served as Iranian Ambassador to Venezuela, regularly shows off his lavish lifestyle on Instagram.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) January 24, 2026
The children and relatives of Islamic Republic officials live extremely wealthy, hypocritical lives in the West.
Sasha Sobhani, son of a former Iranian ambassador to Venezuela, gifts his girlfriend a luxury Porsche for Valentine’s Day.
Islamic Republic officials move tens of… pic.twitter.com/NyXbQI5RdZ
— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) February 16, 2026
His father is Ahmad Sobhani, who was Iran’s ambassador to Venezuela in the early 2000s and later deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs in 2007.
“Aghazadeh” is the derogatory label for children of regime insiders who enjoy outsized wealth and protection because of family connections. The Iranian regime presents itself as pious, anti-Western, anti-decadent, and morally austere. The children of insiders are seen living a Western lifestyle of excess that’s condemned at home.
The Iranian regime offered Iranians just $7 per month to stop protesters as Iranians struggle to survive. Meanwhile this is Sasha Sobhani, the son of Iranian regime official Ahmad Sobhani, throwing cash around a luxury hotel room. #IranMassacre #LiberateIran2026… pic.twitter.com/rfHcY0A9JZ
— Iran Observatory (@IRObservatory) January 26, 2026
Ordinary Iranians live under tight social control, economic poverty and violent crackdowns. Yet this clown uses money extacted from the Iranian people for alcohol, parties, and jets. 7.5% of Iranians live on less than $4.20 per day in 2023 and 36% less than $8.30 per day.
The Iranian regime is a police state that can bankrupt you, jail you, torture you, shoot you in the street for dissent, and hang you after a sham trial. For women, add on compulsory hijab, morality policing, arrest and beatings for disobedience, and the constant threat of prison, sexual violence, and humiliation for refusing to submit. This clown mocks ordinary Iranians, at the same time the freedoms he enjoys are denied to them.
Seriously Gary, how is this remotely relevant to travel, the business of aviation etc.?
influencer literally boarding a private jet
in any case this is and always has been a blog about whatever interested me at the time i was writing it – has been the case for nearly 24 years!
A perfect example of the hypocrisy of that religion. Males dress like westerners and blend in. The women are forced to dress like Darth Vader.
Who cares???
Also, Iran has largely won this conflict and for the second time in 47 years, successfully humiliated the United States. The illegal, US taxpayer funded war, launched without authorization and in violation of human rights laws, and basic principles of diplomatic process, has, thanks to Trump succeeded in prolonging the existence of the Iranian regime.
Wealthy son of Iranian president board private jet while Iranians suffer. Wealthy children of American president board private jets while Americans suffer. What am I missing?
None of this has anything to do with the U.S. conflict in Iran.
They’re a terrible regime, it’s miserable to live under them, but also unclear whether the U.S. can or should try to do anything about that.
@Parker – this lifestyle is not punished brutally under color of law in the west
I am laughing hysterically at the tattoo artists who got to work on this dude.
Congrats as this person will be much easier to spot, and at least you made a bit of money of this thing. Kind of feel sorry for the gal being trafficked though as I am sure the attire would not fly in Iran without some beatings, stoning, or chemical disfigurement.
This is the reality of Iran under the regime there.
Oof. He just had to wear the Yankees hat…
“a police state that can bankrupt you, jail you, torture you, shoot you in the street for dissent, and hang you after a sham trial”. Iran or USA? Ask anybody that has medical issues in the US, anybody who is a color other than white, or from Minneapolis, or has had to utilize the services of the innocence project which country this is. It would be hard to tell. This is the pot calling the kettle black if I have ever seen it. Not that I don’t agree that the kettle is indeed black, but maybe should not be the pot calling it out
Tomorrow we have an update on the t-rump’s golf game or what his brain dead kids are doing during this idiotic “conflict”.
@LadyOlives: you are too generous. It has been more than two but your point is valid.
@Lady Olives
Really? Trump basically destroyed their military. Now he chokes them with the Blockade. I don’t think the Iranians planned for that. $500 million per day of lost revenue to the Iranian government.
Same as the kids of North Korean or Cold War Communist big wigs. Or Saudi’s or other dictatorships for that matter. Rules are for little people. And in the US guess who has a better chance with the legal system, Ivy League admissions, etc.
Seems kinda like the Iranian Don Jr., minus the evidence of cocaine use.
Love kidstara’s take.
Add in the ICE performances, detention center, Christian Nationalist push here and the Trump Family. Not a lot of difference in the rulers.
And Trump flies off to Mar-a-lago nearly every weekend in his big 747 to play golf at a cost of $3 million each trip to taxpayers.
Amazing how some comments are allowed yet other views get censored.
@Coffee Please — I donno. Gary has an auto-mod, but usually approves/posts, even after a delay…
@Coffee please – I did not censor you. The comment software tagged it for moderation, so as soon as I went back to the comments I saw that and cleared it. Sorry for any delay.
Amazing how some commenters here seem to think the US is anything comparable to the Islamic Regime in Iran.
Get a life, socialist communists, and definitely don’t go to Iran, because you wouldn’t last a day there.
I’m here to read comments by narcissistic, self-absorbed, navel-gazing commenters equate life under the Mullahs in Iran to living in America.
The last two comments on this thread were right on.
Left wing and democrat Americans are more of a threat to the us and it’s future than bin laden or Putin ever could be. They are a fifth column.
@Coffee Please — No reasonable person wants a theocratic dictatorship, here, there, anywhere; Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or other. Many around the world genuinely hoped the Iranian people would rise up and remove this horrible, violent regime. Sadly, it hasn’t happened, yet. I donno why you and others like @Walter Barry think scapegoating domestic US partisan differences is relevant, but, okay… (and, no, Putin is not our friend; he’s literally the Iranian regime’s ally… *facepalm*)
“influencer literally boarding a private jet”
Yeah right, you don’t even talk about the jet like an av geek would. And in that case, you could literally talk about any topic as long as the person of topic uses a plane…which is like half the world.
Just say the truth. You want to talk about this spoilt kid and point out the hypocrisy of a regime you hate (and it’s fair hate given what they say about Jews).
A right-wing government has/had officials whose adult children spend lavishly using ill-gotten gains like the Trump & Kushner families and most other mega-millionaires & billionaires in the world? Birds of a feather in that regard.
@farnorthtrader – You sound like a shriveled up liberal white lady who gets her news from NPR and MSDNC.
@Ray – what have you and your children accomplished?
@KidStarA – This kid could be one of bribem’s. Do you always slander people with no evidence?
@Doug – “Add in the ICE performances, detention center, Christian Nationalist push here and the Trump Family. Not a lot of difference in the rulers.”
So you are pro-illegal invasion and pro-criminal. You are a perfect democrat.
@GUWonder – What are you blathering about? Look at bribem’s, sKerry, clintons, etc.
@Common Sense & @Thing 1 – 2 thumbs up, how true.
@Jon F. Could you help me. When I go to a travel blog and there’s a topic that doesn’t interest me (like who the f cares about coffee?), I just skip it and don’t post on it. Why does somebody read a post, think it is a silly topic, and then post? Just curious about human nature…
Imagine how proud you’d be being her parent?
“Also, Iran has largely won this conflict and for the second time in 47 years, successfully humiliated the United States.” I make no comment on the legality, morality, or wisdom of our actions against Iran. But, are you so delusional, you think they are winning? Or, is that what you want to believe as you oppose these actions? I have no problem with someone opposing these actions. But, supporting it with fallacies is wrong.
I’m with Jon F and Vik. This isn’t content I expect from this blog.
Interesting, but not unexpected, that the column would provoke comments based on real or imagined parallels between the US and Iran.
Thanks, Gary, for the column that produced the comments. That said, I look forward to a return to what’s usually on view from the wing.