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Telecommunication Company of Iran

TelecomIn the registry
Entity IDIR-CO-2164
SectorTelecom
Founded1971
HQTehran
VerificationCorroborated

Iran's incumbent fixed-line telecommunications operator: landline, broadband and data services nationwide. TSE-listed (اخابر); privatized and listed in 2008.

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SnapshotBusinessLeadershipOwnershipCompetitorsTimelineGapsSources
Decision snapshot
Founded
1971-72, in its present form
1971-72Third-party reported
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27
Legal form
Public JSC (سهامی عام), TSE ticker اخابر
CurrentThird-party reported
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27
Founder
Government of Iran
HistoricalThird-party reported
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27
Employees
54,000
2022-23Third-party reported
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27

Every field carries an explicit evidence state and its source. Self-reported figures are labelled as such; nothing is presented with more certainty than its source supports.

Business model & group
Core productsCurrentThird-party reported
Fixed-line telephone, mobile telephone, urban and provincial transmission network, ADSL/VDSL internet (brand Serino), fibre internet (brand Tanooma), mobile internet 2G to 5G
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27Service list from the article's infobox. The article's lead calls the company Iran's first and largest telecommunications provider and says it has 31 provincial telecommunications regions.
SubsidiariesCurrentThird-party reported
MCI / Hamrah-e Aval (mobile), Shaskam, TCT1, Taha (طنین ارتباط), Pishtazan, Karashop, Saman Sazeh Ghadir (property), 31 provincial telecom companies
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27The article's body lists six named subsidiaries and 31 provincial companies; its infobox adds Tanin Ertebat (Taha) and a fixed communications company. The article gives no shareholdings or dates for the list.
Leadership
CEO (Official Gazette board notice)Elected by board resolution of 14 September 2025; notice published 26 February 2026Official record
The Official Gazette notice published in gazette 23572 (Tehran edition) on 26 February 2026 records that the board elected Mohammad Jafarpour Torshizi as chief executive, from outside the board, for a term to 3 August 2027, and set the signing limits that apply to him.
Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of Iran, legal-notices portal, notice detail ↗ · retrieved 2026-10-05Read directly on the Official Gazette legal-notices portal on 5 October 2026. The register records the appointment and its term, not whether he still holds the post today.
CEOCurrent, as of June to July 2025Third-party reported
Mohammad Jafarpour (محمد جعفرپور)
IRNA ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27MSc Computer Networks; 15+ years experience; appointed 1404
ChairmanCurrentThird-party reported
Ebrahim Mahmoudzadeh (ابراهیم محمودزاده)
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27Named as board chairman in the article's infobox, which carries no date for the appointment.
Ownership & capital
Registered capital (latest Official Gazette capital notice)Latest capital notice, published 23 April 2025; notices checked to 29 March 2026Official record
The most recent capital notice in the Official Gazette, published in gazette 23322 (Tehran edition) on 23 April 2025, records an extraordinary general meeting of 18 March 2025 raising capital from 60,000,000,000,000 rial to 960,511,331,644,000 rial, divided into 960,511,331,644 registered ordinary shares of 1,000 rial, entirely out of the revaluation surplus on fixed assets. Registered capital is a nominal legal figure and is not a valuation.
Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of Iran, legal-notices portal, notice detail ↗ · retrieved 2026-10-05Read directly on the Official Gazette legal-notices portal on 5 October 2026. The 20 most recent notices the portal lists for the company, the latest published 29 March 2026, were each opened and searched for a capital clause; none after this one changes the capital figure. Registered capital is the amount in the company register, not market capitalisation.
Controlling shareholderAs reported 13 May 2013Third-party reported
Tose'e E'temad Mobin (شرکت توسعه اعتماد مبین), 50%+1, acquired at privatisation a year after the 2008 listing
ICTNA.ir ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-26ICTNA, relaying Fars, on 13 May 2013. The holding is stated as at that date and is not presented as current; no later ownership reading is held.
Full ownership structureAs reported 13 May 2013Third-party reported
5% employees, 20% Justice Shares brokerages, 50%+1 Tose'e E'temad Mobin, 20% the government, the remainder other private and institutional shareholders
ICTNA.ir ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-26ICTNA, relaying Fars, on 13 May 2013; no later ownership reading is held, so the 2013 structure is not presented as current. The source gives the fourth 20 per cent to the government, not to public float.
Legal operator (home page)Company disclosed
The home page names the operator as Sherkat Sahami Mokhaberat Iran, a public joint stock company, describing it as the first and largest telecommunications operator in Iran.
TCI home page (tci.ir) ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-16The page carries the legal form, which is what separates this from a brand line: the registered name and the brand are the same words, and the form is the thing that makes it an entity statement.
Competitive set
DirectCurrentThird-party reported
Irancell (MTN), RighTel, other mobile licensees
Market observation · retrieved 2026-07-27TCI + MCI together are the dominant fixed-line and mobile operator
Signals & timeline, Telecommunication Company of Iran mentions
2026-07-14Telecommunication Company of Iran to launch Limoo home streaming platform this year2026-07-11Telecommunication Company of Iran reports 91% net profit growth to 13000 billion toman in 2025-26

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What we don't know
Not disclosedNot disclosed
TCI reports to CODAL as a TSE-listed company; its financials exist but are not yet shown here.

Stated gaps are part of the record: in an opaque market, knowing what is NOT publicly established is as decision-relevant as what is.

Source ledger, every field, its evidence
FoundedThird-party reported1971-72
1971-72, in its present form
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
CEO (Official Gazette board notice)Official recordElected by board resolution of 14 September 2025; notice published 26 February 2026
The Official Gazette notice published in gazette 23572 (Tehran edition) on 26 February 2026 records that the board elected Mohammad Jafarpour Torshizi as chief executive, from outside the board, for a term to 3 August 2027, and set the signing limits that apply to him.
Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of Iran, legal-notices portal, notice detail ↗ · retrieved 2026-10-05retrieved 2026-10-05
Registered capital (latest Official Gazette capital notice)Official recordLatest capital notice, published 23 April 2025; notices checked to 29 March 2026
The most recent capital notice in the Official Gazette, published in gazette 23322 (Tehran edition) on 23 April 2025, records an extraordinary general meeting of 18 March 2025 raising capital from 60,000,000,000,000 rial to 960,511,331,644,000 rial, divided into 960,511,331,644 registered ordinary shares of 1,000 rial, entirely out of the revaluation surplus on fixed assets. Registered capital is a nominal legal figure and is not a valuation.
Official Gazette of the Islamic Republic of Iran, legal-notices portal, notice detail ↗ · retrieved 2026-10-05retrieved 2026-10-05
Legal formThird-party reportedCurrent
Public JSC (سهامی عام), TSE ticker اخابر
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
FounderThird-party reportedHistorical
Government of Iran
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
EmployeesThird-party reported2022-23
54,000
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
CEOThird-party reportedCurrent, as of June to July 2025
Mohammad Jafarpour (محمد جعفرپور)
IRNA ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
ChairmanThird-party reportedCurrent
Ebrahim Mahmoudzadeh (ابراهیم محمودزاده)
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
Core productsThird-party reportedCurrent
Fixed-line telephone, mobile telephone, urban and provincial transmission network, ADSL/VDSL internet (brand Serino), fibre internet (brand Tanooma), mobile internet 2G to 5G
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
SubsidiariesThird-party reportedCurrent
MCI / Hamrah-e Aval (mobile), Shaskam, TCT1, Taha (طنین ارتباط), Pishtazan, Karashop, Saman Sazeh Ghadir (property), 31 provincial telecom companies
Persian Wikipedia ↗ · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
DirectThird-party reportedCurrent
Irancell (MTN), RighTel, other mobile licensees
Market observation · retrieved 2026-07-27retrieved 2026-07-27
Controlling shareholderThird-party reportedAs reported 13 May 2013
Tose'e E'temad Mobin (شرکت توسعه اعتماد مبین), 50%+1, acquired at privatisation a year after the 2008 listing
ICTNA.ir ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-26retrieved 2026-09-26
Full ownership structureThird-party reportedAs reported 13 May 2013
5% employees, 20% Justice Shares brokerages, 50%+1 Tose'e E'temad Mobin, 20% the government, the remainder other private and institutional shareholders
ICTNA.ir ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-26retrieved 2026-09-26
Legal operator (home page)Company disclosed
The home page names the operator as Sherkat Sahami Mokhaberat Iran, a public joint stock company, describing it as the first and largest telecommunications operator in Iran.
TCI home page (tci.ir) ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-16retrieved 2026-09-16
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Registered entity
Legal entityTelecommunication Company of Iran
Evidence & verification
Verification tierCorroborated, two or more independent sources
Primary evidenceen.wikipedia.org
Registry identifiersWithheld for compliance

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Quick facts
Tehran, Iran
Founded 1971
tci.irLinkedIn
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