MCI holds two of five Digikala Group board seats, CEO confirms

Digikala CEO Masoud Tabatabaei, speaking in an on-record video interview (recorded Dec 31, 2025), confirmed that telecom shareholder MCI (Hamrah-e Aval, ~40% owner since 2024) holds two of five board seats at Digikala Group plus two at the operating company. He stated MCI does not interfere operationally and that joint fintech projects are planned. [Primary source: sitting CEO on record, timestamp 1:34:09.] [Context: per 2024 deal reporting, co-founders Hamid and Saeid Mohammadi retained two of the five group-board seats; the fifth seat is not publicly confirmed.]