Iran's webs of corruption prevalent, but hidden

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 2:08am |

By Arron Reza Merat,"Iran Pulse" @ Al-Monitor, Sept. 30, 2014

Iran’s judiciary this month sentenced former First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to jail time for undisclosed corruption charges [....] His conviction was in part made necessary because of the narrative woven by Hassan Rouhani's new administration that the economic ills it inherited (5.4% growth and 44% year-on-year inflation) were due to unprecedented corruption under Ahmadinejad. It's Ahmadinejad's people who should be blamed for the bitter medicine Iran must swallow, such as subsidy reform and austerity. “Sanctions were a grave injustice to our nation,” Rouhani said in April. “Due to this pressure and injustice, both our nation and the world sustained losses. Unfortunately, a small minority benefited from the sanctions.”[ ....]

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http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/iran-ahmadinejad-corruption-rahimi.html