The Issue of Corruption and Astronomical Embezzlement in Iran
- Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:06
NCRI - The dimensions of corruption and astronomical embezzlements within the Iranian regime have reached a point that parts of them are reflected every once in a while in regime’s media.
The state-run Javan newspaper has on Monday 23 January raised the issue of corruption and astronomical embezzlement, maintaining that there’s no hope to correct the situation.
“Iran’s economy is faced with a real challenge”, writes the newspaper, “the astronomical figures of embezzlements and corruptions revealed every once in a while point to a sick economy. If until a few years ago we were optimistic that a rebuke by the judiciary could save this sick-in-bed economy from the scourge of embezzlers and keep it alive, today, however, with such large numbers appearing every day on the front pages of newspapers and ironically being endorsed by the judiciary in their press conferences, we’re almost running out of hope”
“There was a time when a 300-billion-toman (US $ 86 million) embezzlement seemed so huge that the least demand shouted by people was a death sentence for the embezzlers. But when we heard of a thousand-billion-toman embezzlement for which no decisive measure was taken, we passed it by with a quick look, so that today it’s quite normal to speak of $857 million, $2/3 billion and even $3/5 billion embezzlements”, adds the state-run newspaper.
The newspaper then starts lamenting that “what has become of this country that we’ve grown so indifferent that we look at all this as if some money has been legitimately transferred from one pocket to another.”
It then points out that people are fully aware of the depth of corruption within the regime, saying: “quite sadly, it should be pointed out that today, it’s more or less being whispered among people. how is it possible for people to remain optimistic when they see that the clues found during the inspection process of a person involved in a billion-dollar embezzlement point to a first-degree relative of an official in the system, turning him into the talk of the town, and despite all that he still attends all ceremonies and meetings.”
