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In recent years, Iran\u2019s most far-reaching protest movements have all begun with the expression of economic grievances. In late December 2017, organizers staged a protest in the city of Mashhad which\u00a0<\/span>condemned the national government\u2019s economic policy in the wake of a series of alarming indicators. Somewhat unexpectedly, that local demonstration quickly sparked others all across the country, resulting in a nationwide uprising<\/a>. The pattern repeated itse<\/span>lf even more spontaneously, and on an even larger scale, in November 2019 after regime authorities announced a sudden hike in the price of gasoline.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Both of these uprisings highlighted the extent of public frustration with rising levels of poverty, unemplo<\/span>yment, and social stratification. Officially, the poverty rate in the mullah’s regime is typically reported as comprising something like one-third of the population. But occasional candid remarks from certain regime officials confirm what opposition activ<\/span>ists have said: that as many as 80 percent of the Iranian people are living below the poverty line. The protests also leave little doubt about where those people place the blame for that situation: not on Western sanctions but on the regime\u2019s self-serving\u00a0<\/span>policies and rampant corruption<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aspects of that corruption<\/a> were confirmed on Sunday by\u00a0<\/span>Parviz<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Fattah, the head of Bonyad\u00a0<\/span>Mostazafan<\/span>, or the Foundation of the Oppressed. Ostensibly a charitable trust, the foundation has been identified as one of four insti<\/span>tutions that control roughly 60 percent of Iran\u2019s national wealth. Fattah\u2019s remarks confirm that Bonyad\u00a0<\/span>Mostazafan\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0share of that wealth is prone to systematic theft by many of its officials, and this observation reportedly applies in equal measure to the<\/span>\u00a0other three institutions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n #Iran<\/a> Regime\u2019s #Corruption<\/a> Revealed by an Official, Shows Mullahs Are the Real Source of Economic Problems. — NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) August 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
In the interview, he revealed several former and current regime officials who have stolen millions of dollars from the Bonyad Mostazafan. https:\/\/t.co\/YUOXfaF67M<\/a><\/p>\n