Seyyed Ehsan Hosseini is one of the outputs of the network of think tanks in Iran known as Eitan. Eitanians are a special circle like Imam Sadiqis; with the difference that Imam Sadiqis usually have a specific background and identity, but Eitanians, in the style of Masonic networks, try to conceal their identity and origin. In recent years, Eitanians have also gained extensive influence in the media sector, with many of their members working in the lower and middle layers of the media. However, among the notable Eitan platforms are the Soraya programs and also the monitoring of state media, which are usually gathering places for the members of this circle. Seyyed Ehsan Hosseini is one of the outputs of this Eitan, who initially was an unknown and novice journalist at Fars News Agency. However, luck was on his side, and in 2022, after the hacking of Fars News Agency and the release of a surveillance camera video from this agency showing a person engaging in self-pleasure while eating chips, which was attributed to Seyyed Ehsan Hosseini, he gained significant fame. Later, he was honored as a media veteran due to this incident! After that, however, Hosseini, who had now become a well-known and famous figure -albeit with a negative approach- took advantage of the opportunity and, in partnership with Sajjad Taheri, who was also a member of the Eitan circle in the media sector, established an independent media outlet called Energy Line. During the Raisi administration, thanks to the presence of Ali Forouzandeh Shahraki -another member of the Eitan circle and Hosseini's first boss at Fars News Agency- at the head of the public relations of the Ministry of Oil, significant funds and credits from the public relations budget of the Raisi government were injected into the newly established Energy Line media. However, after the helicopter crash and the coming to power of Pezeshkian, followed by the change of the Minister of Oil and the change of public relations in the Ministry of Oil, Hosseini, who had now lost his most important sponsor, had to take action for the survival of Energy Line. Here, a division of labor took place; Seyyed Ehsan Hosseini, who had gained fame due to the release of the famous Fars video, would appear in front of the camera and engage in what is called exposing and destroying various pillars of the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry to extort money from oil industry managers; while Sajjad Taheri took on the responsibility of cashing in on Hosseini's destruction and receiving the extortion! The trace of this issue is also evident in the debate between Vahid Ishtari and Ghorbanzadeh, where Ishtari immediately introduces Sajjad Taheri for this collaboration in a list of individuals for employment.
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