{"id":223719,"date":"2020-08-11T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223719"},"modified":"2023-01-25T06:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:51:53","slug":"iran-regimes-corruption-revealed-by-an-official-shows-mullahs-are-the-real-source-of-economic-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-regimes-corruption-revealed-by-an-official-shows-mullahs-are-the-real-source-of-economic-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime\u2019s Corruption Revealed by an Official, Shows Mullahs Are the Real Source of Economic Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fatah-poverty-Iran\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fatah-poverty-Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Fatah-poverty-Iran.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the Iranian regime reaches its end, infighting between the rival factions over more share of power and keeping this regime alive intensifies. Each faction reveals the corruption of the other faction to have a greater share of the power.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Parviz Fattah, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/huge-financial-institutions-under-the-control-of-iran-regimes-supreme-leader-are-no-help-to-people-amid-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noopener\">head of the Bonyad Mostazafan financial foundation<\/a>, acknowledged some aspects of the Iranian regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption on August 9 in an interview with state television. In the interview, he revealed several former and current regime officials who have stolen millions of dollars from the Bonyad Mostazafan.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cMr. [Gholam-Ali] Haddad-e Adel [former speaker of the regime\u2019s parliament] rented a building to build a school on Fereshteh Street, and this lease was extended several times, although these leases were with consideration and were not subject to the daily rate.\u00a0At the moment, the rental period has\u00a0expired\u00a0and they\u00a0have to\u00a0vacate or the rents\u00a0have to\u00a0be adjusted to the daily rate, which, of course, due to the high cost of that area, may not be possible for him.\u201d Fattah said estimating the value of the property to be at 200 billion tomans (around 9 million dollars).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bonyad Mostazafan is one of Iran\u2019s huge financial institutions and is under the direct supervision of the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.\u00a0 In this regard, Behzad Nabavi, a government minister in several administrations, in an interview with the state-run Alef news agency on September 21, 2019, said: \u201cIn our country, there are four institutions which control 60 percent of the national wealth. This includes Executive Headquarters of Imam\u2019s Directive (Setad\u00a0Ejraie Farman Imam), Khatam-ol-Anbiay\u00a0Base,\u00a0Astan-e Quds, and Bonyad Mostazafan. None of these institutions are in connection with the government and parliament.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei has been using these financial institutions to fund terrorism and other illicit activities of his regime.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fattah, who is one of the senior commanders 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\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),<\/a> in an interview with the state-run\u00a0Ofogh\u00a0(Horizon) TV in April 2020 said: \u201cI was at the IRGC Cooperative Foundation. Haj Qassem [<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC-Quds Force<\/a> commander <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" rel=\"noopener\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>] came and told me he did not have money to pay the salaries of the Fatemiyoun. He said that these are our Afghan brothers, and he asked for help from people like us.\u201d\u00a0 Fatemiyouns are Afghan mercenaries sent to Syria by the Iranian regime to oppress Syrian people.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fattah\u2019s recent remarks about the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-6\/\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a> of some of the regime\u2019s officials triggered a new round of infighting in the regime. Jahan-e Sanat, which was shut down this week, in this regard wrote: \u201cThe Bonyad Mostazafan and its president act like these lands and buildings were included in their inheritance. Bonyad confiscated these lands in the first place, now others have confiscated them from Bonyad. Perhaps in the future other organizations will come and confiscate these properties.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s economic crisis\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the regime\u2019s officials in their infightings reveal each other&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/corruption-in-the-mullahs-regime-ruling-iran-part-7\/\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a>, the Iranian people suffer from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-regimes-economic-deadlock-paradox-and-a-restive-society\/\" rel=\"noopener\">economic hardships,<\/a> which are due to the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption and wrong policies. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-rising-inflation-rate-regimes-deception-and-a-restive-society\/\" rel=\"noopener\">rising inflation rate<\/a> and liquidity, as well as the high prices, along with the COVID-19 and mullahs\u2019 mismanagement of this crisis, have pushed more people into poverty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard, Jahan-e Sanat wrote: \u201cIt seems that most of Iran\u2019s economic problems are due to external factors, created by domestic decisions. Although prices are rising and we have witnessed the emergence of hyperinflation in the Iranian economy, which is estimated to be from 70 to 300 percent, wages have never been high enough to offset the rising costs imposed on people.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, the state-run Arman daily, while rejecting claims by the regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani of upcoming economic relief, wrote: \u201cThere wouldn\u2019t be an economic opening. An economic opening does not happen with just one event. We must deal with it wisely and with prudence and awareness. Iran&#8217;s economy cannot have an economic opening without basic operations, measures, and making difficult decisions.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While rejecting the regime\u2019s campaign of blaming the United States sanctions for Iran&#8217;s economic problems, the article continues: \u201cWithout structural reforms, tough decisions and deep surgeries, there is no such thing as economic openness. Even if it is said today that the sanctions have been lifted, some of the problems of Iran&#8217;s economy may be solved, but the majority of Iran&#8217;s structural economic problems, namely illicit profits, monopoly, unsuitable business space, banking system numerous challenges, problems of non-competitiveness of the Iranian economy, the governmental nature of economic structures, and the lack of various export products will have their problems.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a nutshell, there is no solution to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/majlis-research-center-irans-economy-in-freefall-and-reaching-destruction\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian economy<\/a> with the current ruling system.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As Mr. Abbas Davari, the Chairman of the Labor Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), wrote in an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/the-only-economic-fix-for-iran-at-this-point-is-regime-change\/\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> on Real Clear Markets: \u201cIran\u2019s wealth, resources and capital are in the hands of a medieval theocracy interested only in enriching itself. Inflation is skyrocketing. The money supply is multiplying. The national currency plunging. In these circumstances, no Sino-deal, Euro-trade, or US-bargain can save the ruined economy that is designed only for enriching the few ruling mullahs. The only elixir is regime change.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" class=\"size-full 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=\"319\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Iranian regime reaches its end, infighting between the rival factions over more share of power and keeping this regime alive intensifies. 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