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TweetAnother day, another Iranian thrown in jail for speaking out against the goverment. This time it was a government employee, who did his job, then talked. Big mistake in a Iran.
‘A BUNCH of turbaned thieves”: So a member of the Iranian General Audit Office described leading Islamic Republic figures in a speech two weeks ago. On Wednesday, that official, Abbas Palizdar, was arrested by the secret police, ostensibly on orders from “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei.
Speaking at a university in Hamadan, west of Tehran, on May 27, and later on June 3, Palizdar claimed that “a mafia-style group of mullahs” is “plundering the country and sending the proceeds to foreign banks.” He also said that the same “mafia” had assassinated two prominent officials who had stood in its way.
That the mullahs are filling their pockets hasn’t been a secret for more than two decades. Iranians know which businesses are controlled by the turbaned heads and their “front men.” What’s new is that a senior official actually named names.
Palizdar claimed that former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani controls more than 300 businesses, making him the richest man in Iran. A small building contractor before the mullahs seized power, Rafsanjani has built an empire on government contracts that’s now estimated to be worth several billion dollars.
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