Just to connect some dots here, and not that I think these are the main forces behind the whole agenda to replace CQ, but to show some connections:
On the clip posted earlier, Bijan Borzo, sport journalist, showed Branko's contract in Croatia for $300K before joining Perspolis.
He apparently signed a $1M contract with Perspolis.
His agent who brought him to Perspolis and got him such a lucrative contract and salary hike, was Reza Feiz Bakhsh.
Reza Feiz Bakhsh is the agent who accompanied Ali Karimi to 90 program as an adviser, and possible information feeder before and during the program (via mobile phone,) where Karimi criticized IFF and attacked CQ.
It is unclear to me whether Feyz Bakhsh as the agent of Branko had any role in getting $300K-$500K (I forgot the exact amount) of TM's FIFA money (from the previous WC) into Branko's pocket apparently to settle past dues, while another $500K of that TM money was pocketed by Homan Afazeli's wife for equipment used in her business disguised as IFF facility.
We all know Branko and Afazeli's relationship goes a long way back to at least 2006, when a nobody was assisting another then not-too-long-ago nobody at the helm of TM at the WC.
We also know of Branko's interest to take charge of TM once again.
Then you have media outlets that constantly make false claims and spread fake news, trying to pave the path for the accusers and anti-CQ band: It consists of yellow papers that are easily get bought for these purposes, as well as sites and channels with good reputation such as Varzesh3 and Anten, with Pejman Rahbar leading the efforts there, to some sepah run news agency like Tasnim, and to some programs at Seda o Sima.
Again, these are just to show how some tools like Karimi and Branko are being connected to a circle with financial interests and hidden agenda. I believe we need to even look beyound Afazeli and FayzBakhsh, though important players and beneficiaries, for the main forces behind all these dramas and attacks.