[2]Padideh Shandiz International Tourism Development Company (known as Padideh Shandiz، پدیده شاندیز) is an Iranian private joint-stockholding company active in restaurants, tourism and construction.[1]
Controversy
The company behaves like a public company by selling stocks despite being a joint-stock. Its share price jumped from 2,000 to 100,000 Rials from 2009 to 2014. In January 2015, a prosecutor in Mashhad accused the company of a "fraud" worth $34.3 billion. Although the allegation was denied by the company's chairman, it resulted to a 20% share price value drop. The company is currently controversially under investigation by Iranian Judiciary.[1] The company is allegedly manipulating the shares.[3]
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Padideh uses massive Advertisement on its projects, and is reported to have a ⅓ share in Iranian airports advertisements, as well as paying 5.1% of IRIB income from advertisements.[4]