{"id":227665,"date":"2020-10-10T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T15:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=227665"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:40:19","slug":"irans-bankrupt-economy-result-of-the-regimes-institutionalized-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-bankrupt-economy-result-of-the-regimes-institutionalized-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Bankrupt Economy, Result of the Regime\u2019s Institutionalized Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United States imposed sanctions on 18 banks of the Iranian regime on Thursday. In response, the regime\u2019s president, Hassan Rouhani, and many of the regime\u2019s apologists speak of economic pressure on the Iranian people. But who suffers from sanctions: the people of Iran or the mullahs\u2019 terrorist regime?<\/p>\n

The regime has deprived the Iranian people of their basic rights. The mullahs\u2019 institutionalized corruption and plundering of the national wealth have pushed the Iranian people more into the swamp of poverty. The regime, however, tries to blame sanctions for Iran\u2019s economic problems. The Iranian people\u2019s uprising, which started due to the social and economic problems, was the direct result of the regime\u2019s wrong economic policies.
\nThe contradictory respond of the Rouhani to the sanctions was his recent claim that the country\u2019s economy is doing even better than Germany.<\/p>\n

The coronavirus outbreak in Iran and the regime\u2019s mismanagement<\/h3>\n

The COVID-19 outbreak in Iran has nearly taken the lives of 120,000 people<\/a>. The rising number is due to the regime\u2019s deliberate inaction and cover-up. The mullahs concealed the existence of this virus in Iran for months. And when they declared it, the regime\u2019s officials, particularly Rouhani, started downplaying this crisis. Furthermore, the regime refused to issue a national quarantine, unlike other countries. And when the regime started this already late quarantine, it refused to financially back people, because the mullahs were busy producing missiles and funding their terrorists proxy groups. Fearing a looming uprising by millions of starving people, the regime forced people back to work and reopened the economy and schools, which caused a rapid rise of the COVID-19 casualties.<\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader ordered that around $1 billion of Iran\u2019s National Reserve Money be allocated for combatting the coronavirus. But the regime\u2019s Health Minister, Saied Namaki, recently said that they have not received this money.<\/p>\n

In this regard, the state-run Arman daily wrote: \u201cThe health minister sarcastically announced that out of the $1 billion allocated for combatting the coronavirus (which was actually \u20ac1 billion), only 27% was paid to the Ministry of Health, with the third wave of the coronavirus outbreak putting the whole country in red and some provinces like Qom in black, this money is not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran\u2019s regime invests in terrorism<\/h2>\n

The mullahs\u2019 regime due to their warmongering policies, have been misusing the national wealth for exporting terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and expanding their nuclear program.<\/p>\n

While the Iranian people are grappling with poverty and the COVID-19 outbreak, the mullahs\u2019 regime unveiled two ballistic missiles on August 20. Rouhani, who has been blaming the sanctions for all the crises in Iran, hailed the production of these two missiles. \u201cCruise missiles are of especial importance to us. Today we must mobilize all our powers to build cruise missiles. A cruise missile has many advantages and can disguise itself, take a safe route, and hit the target more accurately,\u201d he said on August 20. In addition, in July, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> tested new ballistic missiles during their naval maneuver.<\/p>\n

In addition to building missiles, the regime continues its nuclear program, which is not a necessity for the Iranian people given the country\u2019s rich natural resources. If the regime desperately needs money to help people, why does it spend billions of dollars on producing missiles or continuing its nuclear program? The regime is founded on the export of terrorism and chaos abroad. Thus, for the mullahs\u2019 regime, obtaining a nuclear bomb<\/a>, funding terrorism and proliferating weapons of mass destruction are always the priority vis-\u00e0-vis the people\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n

The state-run Hamshahri daily on September 24 acknowledged how the mullahs prioritize export of terrorism in the region, which they call their \u201cstrategic depth,\u201d over people\u2019s wellbeing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [regime\u2019s officials] know everything, but their sensitivity about what threatens the system is far more than their sensitivity over what endangers people\u2019s lives and belongings. They know what is happening, but since preserving the system\u2019s security is very clear for officials, they not only increase the country\u2019s military power but to defend the system, they identify the \u2018strategic depth,\u2019 and take necessary steps [to preserve it],\u201d read the article.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question is if this strategic depth had no effects in preserving the system\u2019s security and its survival, and instead had some benefits for the people, would [the regime\u2019s officials] have tried for its creation? It is fair to say no. No, they would not have paid such a huge cost for its creation and its heavy economic consequences due to the enemies\u2019 pressures. So, if they [regime\u2019s officials] had not created this strategic depth, fewer students would drop out of school because of poverty. Fewer patients would now be in the queues to buy medicine. Single or married women would be less likely to turn to prostitution because of poverty, and fewer heads of households would wish to commit suicide because of their inability to feed their children,\u201d the article continued.<\/p>\n

Where Iran\u2019s wealth goes?<\/h3>\n

\"Iran_regime_money_black_hole\"The regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption is why not even a single dollar given to this regime will be used for the people. In this regard, the official ILNA news agency reported on November 29, 2018: \u201c$30 billion has been lost in the banking network in the last 10 months.\u201d \u201cThe state-run Sharq daily on May 2, 2020, reported that Mohammad Javad Zarif, the regime\u2019s foreign minister, said: \u201cWe had to give $35 billion to some individuals. But it is not clear how they wasted this money and where they took it.\u201d<\/p>\n

These huge amounts of money have been either lost in the regime\u2019s blackhole of corruption or spent on terrorism.<\/p>\n

In this regard, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a former Member of Parliament, on May 20 said: \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<\/p>\n

Sanctions or economic mismanagement, which one to blame?<\/h3>\n

The real problem with Iran\u2019s economy is the corruption and regime\u2019s wrong economic policies. In this regard, the state-run Hamdeli daily on October 3 wrote: \u201c\u2018The exchange market front\u2019 has collapsed. The \u2018enemy,\u2019 inflation, is advancing on the housing and the necessities of the people \u2018fronts.\u2019\u201d The article continues: \u201cIs the current economic situation the result of sanctions only, or is it the result of incorrect economic and political policies of a group of policymakers, legislators, and planners?\u201d The Setare-Sobh daily completed this by saying: \u201cThe country\u2019s current poor economic situation is not the result of the actions of one government and one person, but 40 years of wrong policies and ill-considered decisions have put the country in an economic crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The solution<\/h3>\n

Giving mullahs money or providing them with incentive packages will only help them to increase their terrorist activities and oppression of the Iranian people. Hossain Raghfar, one of the regime\u2019s economists, in April 2020 said: \u201cWhile $20 billion disappeared from the country during a major corruption scandal, today we ask the World Bank to give us $5 billion. Yet, no one is accountable for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Therefore, as Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the Iranian opposition leader, has repeatedly said: \u201cSo long as the clerical regime in Iran has not been overthrown, it will not let up on executions and torture. Nor will it let up on misogyny, religious discrimination, terrorism, and warmongering.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So long as the clerical regime in #Iran<\/a> has not been overthrown, it will not let up on executions and torture. Nor will it let up on misogyny, religious discrimination, terrorism and warmongering #FreeIran2020<\/a> #NoImpunity4Mullahs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WnxpRemRec<\/a><\/p>\n

— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n