The son of an ex-Iranian diplomat has gone viral for flaunting his lavish lifestyle as he boarded a private jet with his gal pal bound for Ibiza on Tuesday.
Influencer and expat Sasha Sobhani, whose father, Ahmad Sobhani, is the former Iranian ambassador to Venezuela, was filmed getting into the jet as he celebrated the upcoming Ibiza 2026 opening weekend.
“Thank God for all these blessings,” the 38-year-old said after smooching his partner, Spanish model Laura Neimas, and kicking back on a couch inside the luxurious aircraft.
View this post on Instagram Sobhani, who is wanted in Iran for alleged money laundering and running illegal gambling websites, has often stirred the pot on social media with photos and videos highlighting his extravagant expat life in Spain, where he moved to in 2019.
The influencer, who boasts nearly 4 million Instagram followers, routinely posts photos of himself surrounded by scantily clad women, alcohol and luxury sports cars as he celebrates his fortune since denouncing the Iranian regime.
Sobhani, whose real name is Mohammad-Reza, had enjoyed a life of luxury under his father, with his decadent lifestyle gaining him followers on the “Rich Kids of Tehran,” Instagram account, which followed the lives of the capital city’s wealthy young elite.
The influencer claimed that his lifestyle choices made him a prime target for the regime, which arrested him and sentenced him to prison for his alleged financial crimes, which he denied.
“I criticize the regime, the lack of freedom they have, I teach them how I live and tell them that they too could live like this,” he told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo in 2021 after Iran asked Spain to extradite him.
Sobhani has avoided being sent back, arguing that he was at risk of torture under the theocratic regime.
Inside Iran, Sobhani has been criticized as a poster child for the errors of Iran’s elite who cater to their children’s every whims while the rest of the nation suffers under a collapsing economy and repressive rule.
Sobhani has all but been disowned by his father, who claimed that he tried to correct his son’s behavior before he fled Tehran.
“Mohammad-Reza is my child. But in terms of lifestyle and beliefs, he differs from me, and all of my attempts to direct him to the right path failed,” Ahmad Sobhani told the state-run Fars News Agency.
