{"id":217319,"date":"2020-04-27T15:58:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217319"},"modified":"2023-01-23T17:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:38:36","slug":"irans-regime-desperate-yet-criminal-decision-to-reopen-religious-sites-and-sermons-amid-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/irans-regime-desperate-yet-criminal-decision-to-reopen-religious-sites-and-sermons-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Desperate yet Criminal Decision to Reopen Religious Sites and Sermons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>claims more lives in Iran, the Iranian regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani, announced on Sunday, that all the\u00a0<\/span>holy shrines<\/span>, mosques, Friday prayers sermons<\/span>\u00a0and other religious sites will open starting early May.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like<\/span>\u00a0the regime\u2019s criminal decision to send people back to work amid the coronavirus outbreak,\u00a0<\/span>reopening religious sites, particularly in the month of Ramadan<\/span>, will result in more coronavirus cases and<\/span>\u00a0casualties.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rouhani\u2019s own remarks on Sunday contradict his regime\u2019s new decision. Despite saying<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>We don\u2019t know when the Coronavirus outbreak will end and \u2026(and that) the burden is almost completely on people\u2019s shoulders,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>he added that:\u00a0<\/span>In early-May or mid-Ramadan, mosques, religious sites, holy shrines and Friday prayers will reopen per specific protocols in 127 clear (virus-free) areas<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The question is why the regime\u00a0<\/span>is trying to do this:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell,\u00a0<\/span>the regime intends to\u00a0<\/span>use<\/span>\u00a0religious sites and\u00a0<\/span>sermon\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0political purposes and allow\u00a0<\/span>its elements running\u00a0<\/span>mosques and shrines to financially take advantage of worshipers at the expense of people\u2019s lives and increasing\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>c<\/span>oronavirus<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0spread.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the 1979 anti-monarchic revolution, mosq<\/span>ues, religious places, and the holy shrines have been a great source of income for the mullahs<\/span>\u2019 regime. The regime\u2019s clerics<\/span>\u00a0manipulate people and\u00a0<\/span>use their religious beliefs<\/span>, plundering people via taking endowments\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Sadaqah<\/span>. This money is exclusively used by the regime\u00a0<\/span>for funding terrorism<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Using this method, the<\/span>\u00a0regime has been able to create<\/span>\u00a0financial empires, such as the\u00a0<\/span>Astan-e Quds\u00a0Razavi<\/span>, which is\u00a0<\/span>one of the most longstanding financial and religious foundations in Iran<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Behzad\u00a0<\/span>Nabavi<\/span>, a government minister in several administrations, said in an interview with the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Alef<\/span>\u00a0news agency on September 21, 2019<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201cIn our country, there are four institutions which control 60 percent of the national wealth. This includes Executive Headquarters of Imam\u2019s Directive (<\/span>Setad<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ejraie<\/span>\u00a0Farman Imam), Khatam-<\/span>ol<\/span>–<\/span>Anbiy<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0Base,\u00a0<\/span>Astan<\/span>-e Quds and Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled. None of these institutions are in connection with the government and parliament.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an exclusive report published\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>November<\/span><\/a>, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) wrote: \u201c<\/span>AQR manages all the financial endowments accrued over centuries, and the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, appoints its custodian.\u00a0 In the last 40 years, only three individuals have held this position.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In another part of its report, the NCRI<\/a> referred to the AQR economic activities<\/span>\u00a0and financial independence: \u201c<\/span>Only the Supreme Leader has the authority to financially audit this financial empire that employs tens of thousands of people. The organization enjoys tax exemption; its assets include 50 large companies and 43 percent of Mashhad real estate, the second-most populous city in Iran. In other words, AQR owns over 13,000 acres of land in Mashhad alone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Yet these endowments are not limited to\u00a0<\/span>Mashhad or Khorasan province.\u00a0Astan-e Quds\u00a0Razavi\u00a0has various lands, gardens, wells and aqueducts across Iran; plus 300,000 tenants from Hamadan, East Azerbaijan, Golestan,\u00a0Gilan\u00a0to Tehran, Semnan, and Yazd. The estimated value of\u00a0Astan-e Quds\u00a0Razavi\u2019s\u00a0lands is around 20 billion dollars, to say nothing of its other possessions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>This organization has full independence in the petroleum operations it controls. It has exclusive oil rigs and profits from its own imports and exports<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Institutions such as the AQR are being\u00a0<\/span>only used to finance terrorism. For instance, a large part of institution\u2019s is dedicated to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)\u00a0<\/span>extraterritorial force, the Quds Force and the family members\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>dead\u00a0<\/span>Quds<\/span>\u00a0Force<\/span>\u00a0terrori<\/span>sts.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mosques and Friday Prayers Sermon<\/span><\/b>s, mullahs\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/b>means of propaganda\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past four decades, the Iranian regime has been using\u00a0<\/span>mosques and Friday prayer<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0sermons to mobilize its forces<\/span>. The regime\u00a0<\/span>considers the<\/span>\u00a0Friday\u00a0<\/span>p<\/span>rayer<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sermons as its\u00a0<\/span>political and social tribune.\u00a0<\/span>The regime is in an unprecedented international isolation,\u00a0<\/span>the nationwide Iran protests ha<\/span>ve<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>shaken<\/span>\u00a0its foundations<\/span>\u00a0and its imminent downfall is emerging<\/span>. Therefore, these sermons, especially Friday\u00a0<\/span>p<\/span>rayer<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0are a way for the mullahs to boost the moral<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0of their frustrated oppressive forces.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the mosques across Iran, that are mostly the headquarters of paramilitary\u00a0<\/span>Basij<\/span>\u00a0forc<\/span>es,\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0centers of espionage and local oppression in\u00a0<\/span>different\u00a0<\/span>neighborhoods.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>his decision will result in the spread of the COVID-19 across Iran and\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>rise\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>casualties even among the regime\u2019s forces. The regime is aware of this. The religious fascism ruling Iran is indeed in a deadlock.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The quarantining period in Iran,\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the regime refusing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>financially support people,\u00a0<\/span>was rapidly resulting in an army of hungry people<\/span>. The regime<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is terrified of another\u00a0<\/span>nationwide uprising like the ones in November 2019, and January 2020<\/span>\u00a0which were triggered because of the\u00a0<\/span>economic hardships<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>ince the regime\u00a0<\/span>has always prioritized its security over people\u2019s lives<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0it has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tried to avoid this\u00a0<\/span>possibility by sending people back to work and now\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>opening religious sermons and sites.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, th<\/span>ese\u00a0<\/span>decision<\/span>s<\/span>, which will result in more deaths,\u00a0<\/span>increase the people\u2019s abhorrence toward the mullahs\u2019 regime and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>certainly\u00a0<\/span>result in a popular uprising.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Sharq<\/span>\u00a0daily wrote on April 8: \u201cThe relationship between the people and government has reached a crucial point. The events of November 2019 and January 2020 (Iran Protests) and the kind of slogans used at the time and the rate of participation in the March elections, along with the international attitude of the U.S. government and targeting the Islamic system\u2019s existence have created a situation that leaving it requires tough decisions.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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