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The Iranian regime\u2019s corruption is common knowledge and doesn\u2019t need any peering into the gloom. Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy has all the characteristics of a corrupt regime, which plunders people of their wealth. But the kleptocracy and nepotism in Iran<\/a> are incomparable with any other dictatorships.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran has had many corrupt rulers. The Shah\u2019s regime was well-known for its nepotism, earning the nickname \u201cThe Thousand Families\u201d (Hezar Famil).\u201d Yet, Shah\u2019s action and corruption pale to Iran\u2019s current Thievocracy. Transparency International\u2019s 2021 Corruption Perception Index ranks Iran 150th out of 180 countries. Meanwhile, the regime officials have been making a great deal of fanfare about \u201ccombatting corruption.\u201d This has been the regime\u2019s smoke and mirror strategy to conceal the depth of corruption in its ranks.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an article on July 31<\/span><\/a>, the state-run Arman-e Meli daily acknowledged another case of nepotism in Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s government.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNepotism has been considered the government\u2019s Achilles heel. Months after a fiasco about appointing Alireza Zakani<\/a>‘s son-in-law as a councilor of Tehran municipality, another official\u2019s son-in-law took several positions in one of the most sensitive companies of teachers. He has become practically the helm of the teachers\u2019 reserve fund,\u201d Arman-e Meli wrote.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Arman-e Meli, in May 2022, Hamid-Reza Najafpour, the CEO of the teachers\u2019 reserve fund, appointed Hamid Baghernejad as the head of the fund\u2019s finance and human resources. Bagherenjad currently holds the position of vice president of the Board of Directors of the teachers’ reserve fund.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Baghernejad is the son-in-law of Raisi\u2019s Minister of Education, Yusef Nouri. Nouri is a high-ranking member of the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> and previously headed the education officer of Iran\u2019s schools in Qatar and Bahrain.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among his other recent position in the teachers\u2019 reserve fund, Baghernejad has eleven different positions, including Nouri\u2019s representative in the teachers\u2019 reserve fund.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Only a few days in the office, Baghernejad allowed the selling of 25 acres of land belonging to the Lavan Petrochemical Company, which belongs to the teachers\u2019 reserve fund to the Persian Gulf Holding. According to Arman-e Meli, this land is worth 50 quadrillion rials.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe 25-hectare land of Lavan Petrochemical Company belongs to the teachers’ reserve fund, one of the most valuable lands in southwest Iran, with a private dock and beach. This land will be handed over to the government by order of Bagheranjad, the representative of the Minister of Education and Culture in Farhangian Reserve Fund, and Alireza Babazadeh, the CEO of Petrofarhang. Apart from the very high price of this company, more than 10 thousand billion riyals have been spent in the past years to set up Lavan,\u201d Arman-e Meli wrote.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Petrofarhang is a subsidiary of Persian Gulf Holding<\/a>, a massive conglomerate that controls 45% of Iran\u2019s petrochemical industry. The IRGC Brigadier General Ali Asgari, the former head of Iran\u2019s Broadcasting (IRIB), is the Persian Gulf Holding\u2019s CEO. This holding is among dozens of super-holdings controlled by the IRGC.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the state-run Eghtesadnews<\/a> on July 31, \u201cWith the construction of Lavan Petrochemical on this land, the company’s annual sale of urea and ammonia is more than $500 million, which indicates a significant profit for teachers.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is worth noting that while the Ministry of Education has such resources, Iranian teachers<\/a> could hardly make ends meet. After many years of struggle, in 1996, Iranian teachers forced the regime to establish a reserve fund.\u00a0 Since then, Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy has pressured teachers to devour this reserve fund and deprive educators of their fundamental rights.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe main purpose of the teachers\u2019 reserve fund is to alleviate the teachers\u2019 living conditions. Teachers who join this reserve fund contribute five percent of their salary to save for retirement. The government was supposed to contribute the equivalent amount but has neglected it ever since,\u201d Arman-e Meli wrote in this regard.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe total government\u2019s contribution hardly reaches ten quadrillion rials. The teachers’ contribution by reducing five percent of their salaries reached ten quadrillion rials and then 60 quadrillion rials.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the current exchange rate in the free market, teachers have contributed nearly $2 billion to their reserve fund, while the regime has allocated less than $320,000.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After being appointed to several top positions at the teachers\u2019 reserve fund, Baghernejad is openly trying to devour the Iranian teachers\u2019 life savings. This is how Iran\u2019s ruling kleptocracy plunders people.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iranian teachers and retirees have been protesting daily<\/a>, calling out the regime\u2019s corruption, mismanagement, and ineptitude. They also oppose the clerical regime\u2019s refusal to address their demands over a growing slate of economic woes, including low wages and pensions, rising inflation, skyrocketing prices of basic goods, and poor living conditions.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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