{"id":217815,"date":"2020-05-06T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T09:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=217815"},"modified":"2024-02-07T07:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T06:59:59","slug":"corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption in the Mullahs\u2019 Regime Ruling Iran-Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Corruption<\/p>\n

IRGC Mafia Corruption in the mullahs\u2019 regime\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The coronavirus pandemic<\/a> has different consequences. Creating inclusive fear, disease, and death, forcing people to stay home, unemployment, and preventing small or big economies from flourishing are its negative aspects. Creating mobility, dynamism in some societies to combat this virus by increasing a sense of collaboration, reinforcing public and hygienic attitudes, increasing social solidarity, dynamism, and the spirit of sacrifice in some countries are the positive aspects of this virus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But what happens in Iran is totally different from other countries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iranian society has been taken hostage by the mullahs\u2019 regime and is the victim of the regime\u2019s devastating policies; meanwhile, it must rid itself of the coronavirus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) militarizes sanitation\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Daily-Sobhe-sadegh\"
Daily Sobhe sadegh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The state-run Sobh-e Sadeq weekly, which belongs to the IRGC\u2019s political bureau, in an article published on April 15 in its edition number 946 wrote:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the orders by the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] to initiate a vast movement of the faithful to help poor people in the holy month of Ramadan, with the initiative of the IRGC\u2019s commander in Chief [Hossein Salami], a meeting of heads of supportive institutions at the IRGC\u2019s headquarters was held. During this meeting, which was attended by the Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, head of the Mostazafan Foundation of the Islamic Revolution, head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO), head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee and head of the Mobilization Resistance Force (Basij), it was approved that a headquarters, named after Imam Hassan [the second Shiite Imam], consisting of supportive institutions and the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, will take the responsibility of making policies, organizing, planning and implementing plans of helping the poor and those in need in the society.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating the IRGC\u2019s \u201cImam Hassan Headquarters\u201d shows that a situation, which could improve by specialized health and medical bodies with the help of international organizations, has now been limited to a military frame and military regulations by the IRGC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the IRGC\u2019s mafia is willing to relocate urban slum-dwellers from their place of residence under the pretext of the coronavirus.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The state-run Basirat website, which is affiliated with the IRGC, published an article on April 12, by a person called Parvin\u00a0Mirzaie. The article which was titled: Reverse migration: an effective tool in combatting coronavirus in Iran. The return of urban slum-dwellers to villages,\u201d read:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Summarizing what has been said, it seems that while the outskirts of Iran’s metropolitan areas have become a coronavirus hotspot due to the population density, and the disease is likely to persist for a long time, reverse migration of workers to villages, who are mostly slum-dwellers, can be an effective solution. Given that the real and virtual communication infrastructure of the villages is in good condition, encouraging the country’s marginalized population to reverse migration to the villages and reviving agriculture with scientific and principled use of seasonal rains, in addition to easier disease control, can also affect the income of this group. It will also prevent them from migrating to neighboring countries (which also causes irreparable damages) and will complete the production cycle of agricultural products domestically and will prevent us from importing these items during the current global crisis.”\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The IRGC intends to change the urban fabric of cities. In this way, instead of resolving the crisis, the IRGC intends to erase the problem. It seeks to prevent a tsunami of anger from poor and deprived people living in the suburbs and shantytowns.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on March 1, Brigadier General Majid\u00a0Khorasani, the director of the IRGC’s Cooperative Foundation, which is responsible for the IRGC’s logistics and supports, in an interview with the state-run\u00a0Sobh-e\u00a0Sadeq\u00a0said:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe second wave of the IRGC\u2019s housing project started last week, during a video communication at the office of the IRGC\u2019s Commander in chief This was on the eve of the Fatima-al Zahra\u2019s birthday [the daughter of the prophet of Islam]. In this wave, 15 provinces have implemented a five-year program to provide housing for employees. Out of these 15 provinces, 9 provinces have started their projects and 6 provinces have started their design programs. The Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC has ordered the implementation of 10,000 units in 15 provinces. Therefore, almost part of this five-year program has been launched.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In another part of his interview,\u00a0Khorasani\u00a0acknowledged:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, he [Khamenei] emphasized that anyone who is in the armed forces should know that after the end of his service, he will have a house, and then he will no longer have a housing problem. Elsewhere, they say, help the employees with 15 years of service to be homeowners. In a recent meeting with IRGC commanders, he [Khamenei] emphasized that the housing and livelihood of the IRGC forces should be considered. In the first meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC in the new year, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, who had just been appointed, the Supreme Leader emphasized the need to address the human resources and livelihood issues of the IRGC forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Maskan-Sepah\"
Maskan Sepah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second wave of the housing project for the Revolutionary Guards shows that on the one hand, the country’s budget is spent on the livelihood and housing of the IRGC and the military, but on the other hand, they plan to relocate and emigrate the poor slum-dwellers.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the regime\u2019s armed forces are not concerned about the coronavirus or slum-dwellers. They are concerned about the possible social effect of the coronavirus and its outcome, which prompted them to come up with these plans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the state-run\u00a0Sobh-e\u00a0Sadeq\u00a0weekly on April 11 reported that there will be \u201ca nationwide military parade of the Basij with over 54,000 bases at its core.\u201d This military parade is being held under the pretext of helping poor people amid the coronavirus outbreak and will last until the end of Ramadan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most importantly, the IRGC\u2019s officials and criminal military forces of the Islamic Republic plundering and corruption has reached a height that they are trying everything to erase their effects. For instance, to prevent a popular uprising or the riot of the army of hungry people by staging these shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Basiij\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Judiciary Mafia\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian regime\u2019s main oppressive bodies are grappling with various crises along with the coronavirus crisis, including the competition between Judiciary corrupt crooks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The competition between two Mafias, the Larijani clan and Ebrahim Raisi (the current judiciary chief), in the main pyramid of the power, was demonstrated by the arrest of Akbar Tabari-Pour. Akbar Tabari was the Executive Vice President and Director General of Finance of the Judiciary for more than 20 years.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He was, until the very last working days in March 2019, the executive deputy of\u00a0<\/span>Sadeq<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Amoli<\/span>-Larijani, then head of the regime\u2019s judiciary. But in an unusual move, Raisi fired him.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is Akbar Tabari-<\/span><\/b>Pour<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past 20 years, Akbar Tabari-Pour has held senior positions in the regime\u2019s judiciary. The website of the Executive Vice President of the Judiciary, which he was its director-general until March 2019, shows that he has supervised many recreational, economic and construction projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Akbar-Tabaripour\"
Akbar Tabaripour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Shah-e Cheraq residential and recreational complex in the city of Shiraz, the Judiciary\u2019s dental subspecialty center, Shiraz, Mashhad, and Sarein water complex and swimming pools and the grand cultural and recreational Milad complex in Mashhad are among the projects Tabari oversaw and initiated. He was also a member of Iran\u2019s Kung Fu and Martial Arts Federation\u2019s board of directors.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports indicate that back in the 1990s and early 2000s he was active in automobile manufacturing and the Iran Khodro company.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last years of\u00a0Amoli-Larijani tenure as head of the regime\u2019s Judiciary, there were numerous financial charges against him on a large scale in the country. Finally, after infighting between Raisi and Larijani, two rival factions within the supreme leader\u2019s faction, in March 2019, Akbar Tabari was arrested by the IRGC\u2019s intelligence. The arrest of Tabari confirmed the penetration of corruption into a system that claims it is holding justice and fighting corruption in the country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is said that Tabari\u2019s arrest was done by the direct order of Ebrahim Raisi, the Judiciary chief and he is personally following the case to prevent any error from happening. To confirm this claim, we could refer to Raisi\u2019s speech on the sidelines of the 7th session of the regime\u2019s Assembly of Experts\u2019 fifth term, during which without naming Tabari, he said:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Judiciary itself, we faced astonishing cases of bribery. These bribes include 600 square meter apartments and 4,000 square meter villas in the north of Iran which are unique in their kind. Of course, suspects were arrested, and their illegitimate belongings were confiscated.\u201d After a while, it was revealed that what Raisi referred to\u00a0were\u00a0some parts of Tabari\u2019s case.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Simultaneous with Tabari\u2019s arrests, Gholamhossain Esmaili, the Judiciary\u2019s spokesperson, in October 2019, counted influencing in cases and some wrong connections as some of the reasons for Akbar Tabari\u2019s arrest, who was the former Executive Vice President of the Judiciary. The Judiciary\u2019s spokesperson announced the arrest of 17 people involved in Tabari\u2019s case and pointed out that two of them are judges, one currently employed and one retired.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten months after Tabari\u2019s arrest, his trial is set to begin in April-May 2020. This could reopen cases within the regime and result in extensive tension on the main layers of power.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

IRGC\u2019s role and two leaker elements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The IRGC has taken all of Iran\u2019s economic channels hostage. The IRGC\u2019s elements have infiltrated all economic fields and are earning funds and creating jobs for the IRGC. But, when it comes to the infightings, some main officials are replaced at \u201ctop\u201d, some elements are tried in between, and they begin some huge revelations to the press.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A quick glimpse at some examples in recent years speaks for itself.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time, in August 2017,\u00a0<\/span>Gholamhossain<\/span>\u00a0Mohseni-<\/span>Ejeie<\/span>, then Judiciary\u2019s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest of Isa Sharifi, deputy of Mohsen\u00a0<\/span>Ghalibaf<\/span>, the former mayor of Tehran. In May 2019,\u00a0<\/span>Gholam<\/span>-Abbas\u00a0<\/span>Torki<\/span>, Tehran\u2019s military attorney spoke of Sharifi\u2019s case as \u201cthe so-called municipality case\u201d and said this case has other defendants. Like\u00a0<\/span>Ejei<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Torki<\/span>\u00a0announced the charge of this high municipality official as \u201cfinancial.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is Isa\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Sharifi<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During\u00a0Ghalibaf\u2019s\u00a012-year term as Tehran\u2019s mayor, Isa Sharifi, without any sidelines and while rarely giving an interview, was by his side. Sharifi\u2019s name was tied with cases of properties of astronomical value belonging to the municipality. These were lands and houses which were granted to some of the regime\u2019s governmental, military, and judiciary officials, much cheaper than their real price.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Eisa-Sharifi-1\"
Eisa Sharifi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shortly after his resignation, Sharifi was arrested with financial charges and he was subsequently released on a \u201cheavy\u201d bail. According to Mohsen Hashemi, head of the Tehran City Council in December 2017, \u201cit was reported that [Sharifi\u2019s] heavy bail was provided by a group known as \u2018Isfahanies.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Eisa-Sharifi-2\"
Eisa Sharifi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In January 2020, Esmaili, the Judiciary\u2019s spokesperson, regarding the latest conditions of Isa Sharifi\u2019s case, said: \u201cThe report of his release is a total lie and he is still in prison. The indictment of this case has been issued and the sessions are being held within the Armed Forces Judiciary Organization.\u201d\u00a0Esmaili\u2019s\u00a0remarks leave no doubt of Sharifi\u2019s connection with the IRGC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Isa Sharifi gained his reputation in the early 2000s as an urban manager, but he was one of the IRGC\u2019s Aerospace commanders during the Iran-Iraq war. State-run media in Iran refer to him as an \u201cIRGC brigadier general.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of Sharifi\u2019s accusations are in connection with the \u201cYas\u00a0Holding\u201d which is one of the subcategories of the IRGC Cooperation Bonyad and this institution\u2019s 4-trillion-toman (around $250 million) debt to Tehran\u2019s municipality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Twice, when\u00a0Ghalibaf\u00a0became a presidential nominee, Sharifi supervised Tehran\u2019s Municipality. The outcome of Sharifi\u2019s case is very much dependent on IRGC\u2019s relation with\u00a0Ghalibaf. Because\u00a0Ghalibaf\u00a0is currently a strong option for the speaker of the next parliament.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another element, affiliated with the IRGC, and whose name was heard very much in the last two years in many corruption cases, is Hossein\u00a0<\/span>Hedayati<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What did Hossein\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Hedayati<\/span><\/b>\u00a0do?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hossein Hedayati was born in 1963 in Tehran. He is known as a capitalist and sports manager. In May 2019, he was charged with disruption of the country\u2019s economic system and sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hossien-Hedayati\"
Hossien Hedayati<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hedayati, in an\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with the state-run Peyk-e Daneshjoo website on November 22, 2014, said:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was honored to be in the IRGC. When I left the IRGC, Brigadier General Hossein\u00a0Dehgan\u00a0was the commander of the IRGC\u2019s Air Force and our zone. He told me it was good for you to leave; you are better for the economy. At that time, the IRGC gave us around 2500\u00a0tomans\u00a0as a reward. I used it to purchase gold coins. These things were the blessing of my life. I purchased some properties that later were worth billions of\u00a0tomans. For example, I once purchased a piece of land for 2 billion\u00a0tomans, recently a purchaser bought it from me for 300 hundred billion\u00a0tomans. Whatever I earned, I used it to purchase land, and all that I have comes from land. For instance, in the early 90s, I purchased a piece of land for 21 billion\u00a0tomans, now they buy it at 160 billion\u00a0tomans. So, what shall I do, the land prices have increased? Economic managers should answer why. In my humble opinion, the creation of wealth is a form of worshipping God. A Muslim man who pays his taxes creates jobs.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In another\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with the\u00a0Karkhane-dar\u00a0[Factory owner] magazine in May 2018, which was republished by the state-run\u00a0Asr-e Iran website in August 2018, Hedayati said:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1981, I entered the IRGC with a Mercedes-Benz model 280 of 1976. So, one of the reasons for me to leave the IRGC was that they told me you do not have the right to enter and exit with a Benz. So many lied that Hedayati plundered and left the IRGC. I was a staff member in the IRGC and had no management in the financial department. During the Iran-Iraq war, I had five gardens and villas, that whenever my friends and I returned from the front, they use to say: \u2018let us go to\u00a0Hedayati\u2019s\u00a0garden in\u00a0Lavasan.\u2019 I served for six years in the IRGC during the war and my salary was around 1900\u00a0tomans. I decided to use my money to purchase properties. In 1986, I purchased my current villa in Lavasanat [near Tehran] for 100,000\u00a0tomans. Now it is worth more than 100 billion\u00a0tomans.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The IRGC\u2019s interference with such an element in the country\u2019s economic structure has practically paralyzed so many of the country\u2019s institutions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the state-run ISNA news agency, during his trial on March 18, 2019, Hedayati said: \u201cFor taking a loan out with a mortgage, they call me an economic disruptor. I wish I was able to speak about the Resistance Front and ISIS issues.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hedayati\u2019s\u00a0reference to the \u201cResistance Front\u201d could be about his possible financial help to the IRGC\u2019s forces in Iraq and Syria.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He also said: \u201cThe Iranian ambassador in Turkey, during the previous government, took 21 billion\u00a0tomans\u00a0from me. It has been four years since his indictment, yet his court has not been held.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During his trial, Hedayati also declared that he helped 250 billion\u00a0tomans\u00a0go to 14 sports federations in Iran.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cMr. Taj (Head of the regime\u2019s Soccer Federation] took $2 billion from me and he confirmed it. I told him several times to get a license from the IRGC or Prosecutor\u2019s office for taking money from me. But he said I gave three names for receiving money and they said you could only take it from Hossein Hedayati.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hedayati\u2019s\u00a0remarks, who was one of the IRGC\u2019s elements among economic activists, shows some signs of currency transfer to the Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria. It could also be a clue as to how the regime is circumventing sanctions. This matter shows how the IRGC has been relocating billions of dollars through such elements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another notable point is that in May 2019, Hamid\u00a0Hajian, a lawyer, was killed in the Kamranieh district of Tehran with three bullets. Hedayati had earlier mentioned\u00a0Hajian\u00a0during his defense.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamid\u00a0Hajian, 41, was killed just hours after the sentencing of Hossein Hedayati.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During one of his court sessions, while referring to Hamid\u00a0Hajian, Hedayati said: \u201cGo to Hamid\u00a0Hajian, who is an influential lawyer and has looted 50 billion\u00a0tomans\u00a0from me. He said he will sue me if I say his name.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This matter indicates that the IRGC eliminates any clues and witnesses who could be a potential threat for more revelations of funds relocation and bank accounts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this section, which has referred to a part of the IRGC’s record, we can at least see that we are dealing not with a government but with a mafia. The Islamic Republic is run by mafias guarded by the Revolutionary Guards, and corruption within the mafia must be addressed from several angles.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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