In a move that starkly underscores the regime’s priorities, Ali Larijani, currently the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council—and long known for corruption, repression, and ideological service to tyranny—has once again exposed his true face. On September 27, regime-run Khabar Online quoted Larijani in Beirut promising, with brazen arrogance: “We are following up on the reconstruction of destroyed homes in Lebanon, and we must negotiate with the Lebanese government.”
The timing is no coincidence. Larijani’s trip, coinciding with the anniversary of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s death, is not a gesture of diplomacy but another demonstration of Tehran’s disastrous policy: sacrificing the Iranian people’s wealth to preserve its regional proxies.
A Record of Corruption and Repression
Larijani’s political career has always been inseparable from the machinery of dictatorship. Once a theorist of torture and repression, today he masquerades as a statesman. His presence in Beirut underscores a broader strategy: defending proxy militias by funneling Iran’s resources into Hezbollah’s war machine. Experts estimate that Tehran spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on Hezbollah alone—while at home inflation surpasses 50% and youth unemployment nears explosive levels.
This is not diplomacy. It is organized betrayal.
Poverty and Misery Inside Iran
While Larijani pledges to rebuild Lebanon’s houses, millions of Iranians cannot secure a roof over their heads. Official reports by the Central Bank and the Statistical Center of Iran confirm a devastating reality: more than 60% of the population lives below the poverty line, and an ordinary worker would have to labor for over a century to afford a modest home.
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Across Tehran’s margins, families survive in makeshift shacks, without clean water or sanitation. In provinces like Sistan and Baluchestan, seasonal floods and sandstorms displace thousands, yet the government neither rebuilds nor provides relief. Instead, it responds with repression when people protest their conditions. Economists rightly call this a “swamp of structural poverty,” where sanctions serve merely as an excuse for decades of corruption and misrule.
Faced with public outrage over Larijani’s remarks, regime mouthpieces rushed to “clarify” that the reconstruction would be carried out by Lebanon itself. But these evasions only underscore the scandal. The people of Iran know better: their rulers consistently prioritize militias abroad over citizens at home.
A Stain That Only Overthrow Can Erase
For the Iranian nation, Larijani’s statements are not a misstep; they are a reminder of the regime’s very essence—corruption, repression, and betrayal. Every rial spent on Hezbollah is stolen from Iranian workers, farmers, and families who struggle daily for bread, housing, and medicine.
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This betrayal cannot be cleansed by lies. It will remain a permanent stain on the regime—until the regime itself is overthrown. For 46 years, the mullahs have squandered Iran’s wealth and spilled the nation’s blood in service of the failed ideology of Velayat-e Faqih.
The Iranian people have had enough. Their voice is clear: no to betrayal, no to imposed poverty. The time has come for an Iran that belongs to its people—not to the proxies and fantasies of a doomed dictatorship.