{"id":220230,"date":"2020-06-10T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=220230"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:52:06","slug":"as-irans-regime-faces-economic-bankruptcy-the-irgc-mafia-is-ready-to-devour-the-automotive-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/as-irans-regime-faces-economic-bankruptcy-the-irgc-mafia-is-ready-to-devour-the-automotive-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"As Iran\u2019s Regime Faces Economic Bankruptcy, the IRGC Mafia Is Ready to Devour the Automotive Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_220231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220231\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus.jpg\" alt=\"As Iran\u2019s Regime Faces Economic Bankruptcy, the IRGC Mafia Is Ready to Devour the Automotive Industry \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-IRGC-is-like-an-octopus-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The IRGC is like an octopus whereby each leg is plundering and swallowing the assets of the Iranian people in every field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The terrorist mafia of <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iran\u2019s R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">evolutionary<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Guard Corp (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">IRGC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is like an octopus <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">whereby <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">each <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">leg is plundering and swallowing the assets of the Iranian people in every field. From dominating the vast construction industry to oil and petrochemicals and having private docks and monopolizing the smuggling of goods and fuel to a multitude of projects using government rents and exemptions from any audit and under the support of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the regime\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, now, after the unprecedented recession and collapse in the regime&#8217;s economy, which has been exacerbated by the crisis of the coronavirus, the terrorist mafia of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a> is thinking of swallowing another area of the country&#8217;s half-dead economy. The automotive industry is the new target of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a>. The industry&#8217;s financial transactions amount to $15 billion.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How did it start?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019s regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ana.ir\/fa\/news\/13\/487988\/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%BA%D9%84%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B0%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">said in a speech<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> on May 6, 2020:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;The mindset that can produce a satellite and target the next 36,000-kilometer orbit to send the next satellite <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">can <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">certainly have the creative spirit for car production with 5 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers and in other parts of production.&#8221; <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">State-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ews <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">gency Ana<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This was the starting point for the entry of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a> Mafia into the automotive industry. <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1399\/03\/08\/2275066\/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81-%D9%87%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">According<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">to the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tasnim<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> state-run news agency affiliated with the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">errorist<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26763-quds-force-s-arm-in-iraq-holy-shrines-reconstruction-headquarters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Quds Force<\/a>, IRGC Brigadier General Amir Ali <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hajizadeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the Aerospace Forces commander, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">whose forces <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">shot down a<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/new-information-shed-more-lights-on-the-role-of-irans-senior-officials-irgc-in-downing-ukrainian-airliner\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ukrainian passenger plane<\/a> with 176 passengers in January 2020, visited the Iran Khodro factory on May 28, 2020. According to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tasnim<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the visit paved the way <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for the production of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> low-fuel cars, which the Supreme Leader emphasized. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tasnim<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> May 28, 2020<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ensafnews.com\/236991\/%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AA\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the state-run <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ensaf<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> News Agency on June 9, 2020, the IRGC Brigadier General <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hajizadeh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, announced in a joint meeting with the Acting of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade and CEOs of the automotive industry that help <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">is needed for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the country&#8217;s economy and industry<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> He announced the start of cooperation to increase quality, reduce costs, reduce fuel consumption and localize the automotive industry.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" class=\" wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Continuing the joint meeting, Hossein Modarres <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khiabani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Caretaker<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, said: &#8220;In the two sectors of military and civilian industries, there are considerable capabilities that in some cases the two sides do not know enough about these capacities and therefore, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t is necessary to create a link between these two parts.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> After the meeting, he said, &#8220;We are using technology and facilities in the field of missiles that are related to the automotive industry.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The IRGC has not yet had any official or announced activities in the field of car manufacturing. In recent years, however, there have been suggestions for the military to enter the automotive industry. Manouchehr <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Manteghi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the former CEO of Iran Khodro, suggested that in November 2019, the shares of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">two <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Automobile Companies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Saipa<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and Iran Khodro<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> be transferred to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a> Cooperative Foundation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meanwhile, the Iranian regime&#8217;s Defense Minister Amir Hatami announced in January 2018 that Supreme Leader Khamenei had instructed the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces to withdraw &#8220;unrelated&#8221; economic activities from the armed forces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, the entry of the terrorist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a> and its corrupt commanders into the automotive industry is not, in Khamenei&#8217;s view, &#8220;unrelated economic activity.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Also, on May 19, 2020, a report by the regime&#8217;s parliament from Iran Khodro and Saipa Automobile Companies stated that the involvement of security agencies in these companies had increased their corruption and losses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is not clear why, despite opposition from parliament and warnings about the activities of security agencies in the automotive sector, military institutions have entered the field.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to statistics from the International Organization of Vehicle Manufacturers, Iran&#8217;s car production in 2015 decreased by 25% compared to the previous year, reaching 821<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,000<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> units, of which 770<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,000<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> units were passenger cars.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Despite the sharp decline in car production in Iran, the car market, valued at up to $15 billion a year, is still one of the most important and attractive markets for production and brokerage in Iran&#8217;s bankrupt economy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thus, it is clear that in the era of the bankruptcy of the regime&#8217;s economy and the impact of economic sanctions, especially on institutions and companies affiliated with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a> due to terrorist and nuclear activities and warmongering in the region, now the octopus of the IRGC intends to devour the country&#8217;s half-dead automotive industry.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The terrorist mafia of Iran&rsquo;s Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) is like an octopus whereby each leg is plundering and swallowing the assets of the Iranian people in every field. 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