{"id":225719,"date":"2020-09-11T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=225719"},"modified":"2023-01-25T19:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:27:46","slug":"iran-regimes-systematic-corruption-and-economic-pressure-on-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-regimes-systematic-corruption-and-economic-pressure-on-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime\u2019s Systematic Corruption and Economic Pressure on People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Iranian regime\u2019s institutionalized and systematic corruption has resulted in more economic pressure on people. Fearing these economic grievances could lead to uprisings on the scale of the November protests<\/a>, the regime\u2019s officials are warning one another.<\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s Parliament (Majlis) session on Wednesday well portrayed the regime\u2019s utter fear of a looming uprising and how the social hatred of the mullahs\u2019 regime has increased the regime\u2019s infightings. The Members of the regime Parliament acknowledged that despite the efforts of the mullahs and their apologists to blame sanctions, it is indeed the regime\u2019s mismanagement, wrong economic policies, and systematic corruption which have created an economic crisis in Iran.<\/p>\n

Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, a lawmaker from Torbat-e Jam, said: \u201cWe could clearly see that the country\u2019s problem is having shadow decision-makers. Ministries are not controlled by ministers but rather by mafias in their entourage. Within the last 100 days that we assumed office (as lawmakers), the price of rice has increased four times, the price of vehicles has increased threefold. The national currency values have decreased by 300 percent. Meanwhile, the villagers’ insurance renewal fee has jumped from 600,000 rials to 7,000,000 rials, what have you done?\u201d<\/p>\n

In this regard, in an article on Thursday, the state-run Seday-e Eslahat (the Voice of Reform) wrote: \u201cIf the country\u2019s economic situation was operating well, we could have asked people why they do not invest in the production cycle. Yet, the country\u2019s currency value decreases daily, and people are literally witnessing their capital shrinking. Instead of asking people, we should question those holding power that what sort of economy is this that you have created? What have you done with the country\u2019s production? How did you damage the country\u2019s currency value? If people do not protect their belongings, the Iranian [regime\u2019s] unorganized economy will plunder them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These statements clearly reveal the origin of high prices. The origins of the unprecedented poverty of the Iranian people are primarily due to the absolute power of the mafia gangs, or as the regime describes them “kings” who control every commodity and seize all the economic affairs of the country. All goods and services are now controlled by the state-affiliated mafia gangs. From steel to sugar, from petrochemicals to automobiles, and from housing to bitumen, these mafias have found astonishing prices.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, the Iranian regime plunders the national wealth to fuel its domestic oppression and warmongering machines. Recently, the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> tested new ballistic missiles<\/a> during the second day of the final stage of their naval drills in southern Iran. Earlier on May 20, in an interview with the state-run Etemad Online news agency, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a former Member of Parliament from Kermanshah and ex-member of the Majlis National Security Commission, acknowledged<\/a> how the mullahs\u2019 regime been wasting national wealth to fund Syrian dictator Bashar-al Assad. \u201cWhen I went to Syria, some complained that I had caused expenses, but I will say this again: We may have given $20-30 billion to Syria. The money of our people was spent there,\u201d Felahatpisheh said.<\/p>\n

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On May 20, the state-run Etemad Online published an interview with Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh. In March, in his interview, Falahatpisheh admitted #Iran<\/a> has granted $20-30 billion to prop the Assad regime in #Syria<\/a> while 60% of Iranian families have pushed below the #poverty<\/a> line. pic.twitter.com\/mE11FsEiSc<\/a><\/p>\n

— IranNewsUpdate (@IranNewsUpdate1) May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n