"This will enable us to have the biggest assembling plant in the world to assemble various products - over one million within a day, " he said.

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Today, operating through various foundations and front companies, the family is also believed to control one of Iran's biggest oil engineering companies, a plant assembling Daewoo automobiles, and Iran's best private airline (though the Rafsanjanis insist they do not own these assets).

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