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A heart-wrenching video from Iran shows a little girl selling her drawing to make a living. This video only shows a glimpse of the grim face of poverty in Iran under the ruling theocracy.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n #43YearsOfMisery<\/a> \u2014 Iran News Update (@IranNewsUpdate1) August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n “Nearly 60% of Iranians are under the poverty line this year, and many more are in absolute poverty and misery,” the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily wrote on August 15.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Streets across Iran are filled with highly educated street vendors, labor children, and poor men and women searching for their food in the garbage. These people are citizens of one of the world’s richest countries in terms of natural resources, but misery is their share since the regime squanders Iran’s wealth on terrorism and oppression, or its officials embezzle billions of dollars that could help Iranians have a decent life.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Every now and then, a corruption case is revealed. The most recent example is the huge embezzlement case in the <\/span>Mobarakeh Steel Company<\/span><\/a> in Isfahan. Over $5.25 billion vanished into thin air, showcasing the systematic fraud, bribery, and corruption in Iran’s ruling theocracy. But this is neither the first nor the last corruption case. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With billions of dollars embezzled by regime officials, who could blame sanctions for Iran’s current economic crunch?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “The spread of corruption and embezzlement due to the systematic nepotism weakens the country’s economic foundations, spreads poverty, and increases social harm. A thieve might hurt a family, but corrupt [officials] damage society and the country,” the state-run <\/span>Etemad daily acknowledged<\/span><\/a> on August 28.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Iran’s economic woes are undeniable and indefensible. There is no need to peer into the gloom to see how miserable the life of Iranians is. The regime has been encouraging and spreading poverty, believing it is a method to keep Iranians busy.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The crocodile tear state-run media shed on people’s problems points to the regime’s hidden fear. The growing social anger increasing under the skin of the Iranian society is what frightens the ruling theocracy.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “The society soon understands rulers didn’t serve them. People do not trust the system that has been lying to them. I am afraid the society is marching toward a revolution,\u201d Emad Afrough, a former MP, told the <\/span>state-run Ensaf News on August 26.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nFootage shows a little girl struggling to cover her family’s expenditures by selling her paints. Little children have to work to feed their families while the mullahs squander #Iran<\/a>‘s national assets on terrorism and nuclear-bomb making.pic.twitter.com\/RPllSmpjfz<\/a><\/p>\n