{"id":19351,"date":"2021-03-27T08:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=19351"},"modified":"2021-03-27T08:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T13:42:25","slug":"khamenei-plans-to-further-plunder-irans-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/19351\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Plans to Further Plunder Iran\u2019s People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"td-outer-wrap\" class=\"td-theme-wrap\">\n<div id=\"tdb-autoload-article\" data-autoload=\"off\" data-autoload-org-post-id=\"236891\" data-autoload-type=\"\" data-autoload-count=\"5\">\n<div class=\"td-main-content-wrap td-container-wrap\">\n<div class=\"tdc-content-wrap\">\n<article id=\"template-id-48691\" class=\"post-48691 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish has-post-thumbnail post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_51_683\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_52_383  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_58_6cc\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_59_06f td-ss-row wpb_row td-pb-row tdc-row-content-vert-center\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_61_369  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_67_333 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_67_333\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong><em>By Abbas Davari, Chairman of the NCRI\u2019s Labor Commission\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, during his yearly speech\u00a0on the occasion of\u00a0the New Persian Year of 1400 on Sunday, prepared the ground for further plundering impoverished people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWell, the slogan of the year 1399 was \u2018A surge in production. If I were to make a general assessment\u00a0on the basis of\u00a0many popular and governmental reports \u2013 we receive reports from various organizations and places \u2013 I would say that this slogan was realized to an acceptable degree. In other words, the surge in production materialized in some areas and affairs of the country,\u201d Khamenei claimed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To better understand Khamenei\u2019s plan to plunder Iranian people further, it is necessary to\u00a0take a look\u00a0at this so-called \u201csurge in production\u201d and how it had \u201cadvanced.\u201d Khamenei highlighted what he meant by a surge in production in another part of his speech on Sunday. \u201cCar tires, aluminum, petrochemicals, steel, etc., are the goods that developed and surged in [the Persian Year of] 1399,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These industries in Iran are dominated by Khamenei, his vast financial institutions, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a>. The IRGC and Khamenei control and oversee the production and distribution of medications and drugs, oil, fuel, iron and steel, metallic and non-metallic mines, paper and cardboard production, shipping fleet, and agro-industrial companies.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thus Khamenei\u2019s \u201csurge in production\u201d is nonother than plundering the national wealth.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"How privatization of major companies is destroying Iran\u2019s economy\">\n<div id=\"WYL_cYQolCtS91U\" class=\"lyte lP\">\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How privatization of major companies is destroying Iran\u2019s economy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cYQolCtS91U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"lyte_cYQolCtS91U\" class=\"pL\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FcYQolCtS91U%2Fhqdefault.jpg\">\n<div class=\"tC\">\n<div class=\"tT\">How privatization of major companies is destroying Iran\u2019s economy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lL\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Let\u2019s\u00a0take a look\u00a0at one example of this so-called \u201csurge in production\u201d in the field of medications and drugs. The \u201cBarkat Pharmaceutical Park,\u201d which belongs to the Execution of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order (EIKO)<\/a>, one of Iran\u2019s largest financial institutions, and is under Khamenei\u2019s control, expanded its activities under the name of \u201cNew Pharmaceutical Technologies Company and Tadbir,\u201d in 2010.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Barkat Pharmaceuticals Holding Company owns 60.6 percent of the Alborz Investment Group, the second-largest pharmaceutical holding company in the country. Companies in this conglomerate include: Alborz Pharmaceuticals Company Sobhan, Pharmaceuticals Company (manufactures pills), Iran Pharmaceuticals Company, Tolid Pharmaceuticals Company, Sobhan Oncology Company \u2013 Manufactures Paclitaxel, licensed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Strange, KBC (importer) Alborz Distributors, Alborz Ascend Investment Company, Alborz Balak Company, Farabi Pharmaceutical Manufacturer (17 percent), Razak Pharmaceutical Manufacturer (12 percent),\u00a0Ati\u00a0Farmed Company (51 percent),\u00a0BioSun\u00a0Company (20 percent), and Alborz-Zagros Company.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to Barkat\u2019s website, the New Pharmaceutical Technologies Company and Tadbir in 2015 \u201cproduced more than 420 pens through his subsidiaries, such as Alborz Daroo. Alborz Drug Company itself has 11 subsidiaries.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei and the IRGC also control another pharmaceutical company, \u201cTamin Pharmaceutical Investment Company (TPICO).\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0According to its website, TIPCO is \u201cthe largest pharmaceutical holding company in Iran, which has been operating since 1992 and is the largest Iranian exporter of pharmaceutical products.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">TIPCO has more than 10,000 people working in 25 subsidiary companies,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.tpicoholding.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">according<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to its website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei controls another aspect of Iran\u2019s economy through his vast financial institutions, such as EIKO.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cYaran, joint oil field development contract, was signed yesterday between the National Oil Company and Persia Oil and Gas Industry Development Company in the form of new oil contracts,\u201d the state-run\u00a0Eghtesad-e\u00a0Saramad\u00a0daily\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eghtesadsaramad.ir\/Newspaper\/item\/46998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on July 12, 2020, in an article titled as \u201cAnother oil contract with EIKO.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">How Khamenei, IRGC, and their affiliated institutions destroyed Iran\u2019s economy?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei and the IRGC\u2019s exclusive and affiliated institutions, in line with their so-called \u201csurge in production,\u201d have caused hundreds of private factories, forcing millions into poverty. A glance at the state-run media further elucidates the matter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cClosure of one thousand garment production units in Mashhad,\u201d state-run\u00a0Eghtesad\u00a0online\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eghtesadonline.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1-2\/99168-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on October 13, 2015.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe head of the union of paper and cardboard sellers said: \u2018out of 600 guild units active in paper production, 100 guild units were closed,\u2019\u201d Keyhan daily\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magiran.com\/article\/3848098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on December 26, 2018.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, then-spokesman of government, on November 25, 2014, said: \u201cOut of 841 production units in industrial towns all over Iran, only 192 units are operating, and another 629 units have been closed,\u201d according to the state-run ISNA news agency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThere is an unprecedented closure of factories and unemployment of workers, including drug factories, Arj,\u00a0Azmayesh,\u00a0Ghandfariman, Pars Electric, Bella Shoes, Mazandaran Textile,\u201d the state-run\u00a0Mashreghnews\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/708748\/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on April 10, 2017.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe Secretary of the Headquarters for Facilitation and Elimination of Barriers to Production stated that about 2,400 production units were acquired and closed by the banks,\u201d Tasnim news agency\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1399\/04\/07\/2294175\/%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9-2-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88-400-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%87%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9-%D9%87%D8%A7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on June 27, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The trend of closure of factories continues to this day. As a result, impoverished workers go down in the swamp of poverty, and the middle class has been purged.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Who is Ali Khamenei Iranian regime supreme leader\">\n<div id=\"WYL_qWS-KvIdadA\" class=\"lyte lP\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"lyte_qWS-KvIdadA\" class=\"pL\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FqWS-KvIdadA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\">\n<div class=\"tC\">\n<div class=\"tT\">Who is Ali Khamenei Iranian regime supreme leader<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lL\"><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qWS-KvIdadA&amp;t=1s\">http:\/\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qWS-KvIdadA&amp;t=1s<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cToday, people suffering from unemployment and people living below the poverty line are certainly not able to pay high rents, especially in big cities and metropolises. Migration of tenants in uptown to downtown, downtown tenants to suburbs, and tenants in the suburbs into the outskirts of the city are evidence of the fact that people have lost the ability to pay rent in conditions where wages are not commensurate with inflation,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatanemrooz.ir\/newspaper\/page\/2961\/1\/221191\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0the state-run Vatan-e\u00a0Emrooz\u00a0daily on June 30, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This issue has caused \u201cthe middle class to be purged, creating many consequences for the system. The set of logic governing economic conditions in Iran has increased the class gap and removed the middle class of society,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebtekarnews.com\/?newsid=158840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">according<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to the state-run Ebtekar daily\u2019s article on June 6, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The state-run\u00a0Hamdeli\u00a0daily on July 15, 2020,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mojahedin.org\/i\/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, \u201cwe are facing another social harm, and that the \u2018fall of the middle class.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cStatistics Center report shows that 5.1 million employees and 2 million active members left the labor market in the first quarter of this year [1399],\u201d wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on July 14, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thinking that over 5 million Iranians lost their jobs amid the harsh economic conditions hurts every human heart. The state-run Arman daily reported on April 12, 2020, that according to the regime\u2019s Ministry of Roads and City Planning statistics, the number of people living in cities\u2019 outskirts had reached 32 million.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yet, the state-run Javan daily on July 28, 2020,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pishkhan.com\/Archive\/1399\/05\/13990507\/Javan74971109711848535584253.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">: \u201cThe Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development said: the key to a thousand housing units in the safe of a bank. Part of the shares of this bank is in the hands of the government. Another part is in the hands of the private sector. Recently, Hesam\u00a0Aghbaee, an official of the Real Estate Consulting Union, explicitly stated that part of the vacant houses belongs to banks and economic complexes.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei\u2019s plan to further plunder Iranian people\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After reviewing some facts and figures, we could better understand Khamenei\u2019s plan to plunder further Iranians, which he deceptively called in his annual speech \u201csurge in production.\u201d Of course, the regime officials have often hijacked millions of people\u2019s life savings with promises of more income or guarantees for their children\u2019s future.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Regime-linked financial institutions such as\u00a0Fereshtegan, Afzal Toos, Padideh\u00a0Shandiz, Arman, Caspian, Samen Al-Hajj, etc., have attracted people\u2019s financial deposits since the beginning of 2014 with the approval of the Central Bank. They plundered billions of assets of people with the support of the regime\u2019s oppressive forces. This action caused daily protests by plundered people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe Caspian Group [consists of 8 institutions] has about 2 million members and Samen Al-Hajj Institute operated with 500 branches in the country and had collected 12 thousand and 800 billion Tomans,\u201d the state-run Tasnim news agency reported on August 6, 2017.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In another example, Rouhani\u2019s government, with Khamenei\u2019s approval, and to compensate its budget deficit encouraged people to purchase shares at the Stock Market Exchange.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On April 22, 2020, Rouhani said: \u201cYou will hear some good news from the Stock Market next week.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To plunder people\u2019s wealth, Rouhani\u2019s government \u201creduced the bank interest rate to 15% in early May 2020, while the central bank announced inflation at 41% at the end of 2019. Thus, shifted people\u2019s interest from bank deposits to purchase shares at the Stock Market,\u201d according to the state-run Arman daily on April 28, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Iran\u2019s Stock Market had a bubble growth. Regarding the regime\u2019s role in deceiving people to purchase more share the state-run Jahane-e Sanat daily on January 19 wrote: \u201cThe small shareholders of the capital market, who entered the market with the propaganda maneuver of the government, the parliament, and the Central Bank, have suffered significant losses and some of them have lost everything, especially since the beginning of this year. Therefore, it does not seem that the response of the middle managers of the Stock Organization to the protesters will cure the pain\u00a0as long as\u00a0no concrete, practical action has been taken to adjust the market conditions and compensate them. Small shareholders have come to believe that the Twelfth Government, in its final year, has made major financing from public funds on the stock market and has now abandoned it when it does not need market liquidity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yet, starting July 22, people\u2019s wealth started vanishing into the air. \u201cThe stock market is one step away from a national crisis. At least 30,000 to 40,000 billion tomans should be injected into the stock market, and this figure is less than one-eighth of what the government has earned from the stock market,\u201d wrote the state-run\u00a0Siasat-e Rooz daily on January 18, 2020. In other words, the regime was able to plunder 260,000 billion tomans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since the regime has already plundered billions of dollars of people\u2019s wealth within the last six years, Khamenei has leaped for plundering the rest of people\u2019s assets by speaking of \u201cproduction.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cAnother point that is good to be discussed on the country\u2019s economic matters is that eliminating the problems requires the people\u2019s cooperation. If the people enter any area, that area will surely improve. This has been the case until now. Whenever the people entered any area, that area improved! What I want to say is that the people themselves can play a role in investing in production. This includes those who have capital and who use it in some unnecessary business dealings and transactions \u2013 they could use their capital for boosting production,\u201d he said on March 21.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">to further deceive people into investing, Khamenei quoted the World Bank and said Iran has capacities. \u201cAs for the capacities that the World Bank experts have mentioned, there are two capacities: geographic and human capacities. Geographic capacities include the geographic area of the country and the country\u2019s access to international waters\u2026. The human capacities include a working-age population. We have\u00a0a large number of\u00a0youths who have entered the job market. In other words, the country is a young country where there are numerous human resources ready to\u00a0enter into\u00a0the job market,\u201d Khamenei claimed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">He also referred to Iran\u2019s natural resources, such as oil and gas. Yet, as aforementioned, these resources are under Khamenei and the IRGC\u2019s control.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Let us fact-check what Khamenei claimed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1- Iran\u2019s human capacities:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 \u201cBetween 1999 and 2012, the share of wages in the cost of production fell from 13 percent to 5 percent,\u201d the state-run ILNA news agency reported on March 3, 2014, quoting Hassan Seventeen Deputy Minister of Labor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 \u201cIn recent decades, with the rapid growth of contracting companies in oil and gas projects, large numbers of skilled and technical workers have been deprived of their legal rights. Since the refinery colonies are no longer operate under the labor law, there has been a greater unification of contractors, which has deprived more workers of their salaries,\u201d wrote the state-run ILNA news agency on August 9, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 \u201cThere are 2.4 million unemployed people in the country, 40% of whom are university graduates,\u201d wrote the state-run\u00a0Eghtesad-e Saramd daily on February 1, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 \u201cFifteen workers of\u00a0Hepco\u00a0Arak Company, who held a gathering in June, and demanded their delayed wages, were sentenced by Branch 106 of the Arak Criminal Court to a total of 24 years imprisonment and 1110 lashes,\u201d the state-run\u00a0Sarkhat\u00a0news agency\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarkhat.com\/fa\/news\/143916643\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in November 2018.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In other words, Iran has a very cheap labor force without legal protection and official labor organizations, and employers can fire workers whenever they want. When workers protest, the regime\u2019s security\u00a0forces\u00a0and the Judiciary oppress them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2- Iran\u2019s natural wealth\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 \u201cIran is also one of the top 15 mining countries in the world \u2026 and we are among the top 20 richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources,\u201d wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on January 18, 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yet, as mentioned above, Khamenei and IRGC dominate Iran\u2019s economy and natural resources.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In a report published on November 13, 2013, Reuters\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/iran\/#article\/part1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">: \u201cHeadquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam has become one of the most powerful organizations in Iran, though many Iranians, and the wider world, know very little about it. In the past six years, it has morphed into a business juggernaut that now holds stakes in nearly every sector of the Iranian industry, including finance, oil, telecommunications, the production of birth-control pills, and even ostrich farming. The organization\u2019s total worth is difficult to pinpoint because of the secrecy of its accounts. But\u00a0Setad\u2019s\u00a0holdings of real estate, corporate stakes, and other assets total about $95 billion, Reuters has calculated. Just one person controls that economic empire \u2013 Khamenei. As Iran\u2019s top cleric, he has the final say on all governmental matters.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conclusion\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei intends to plunder people\u2019s wealth through deception. The Iranian people and the international community should prevent Khamenei and his regime from devastating Iran\u2019s economy and people\u2019s lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_70_050 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_70_050\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside id=\"moove_gdpr_cookie_info_bar\" class=\"moove-gdpr-align-center moove-gdpr-dark-scheme gdpr_infobar_postion_1\" role=\"note\" aria-label=\"GDPR Cookie Banner\">\n<div class=\"moove-gdpr-info-bar-container\">\n<div class=\"moove-gdpr-info-bar-content\">\n<div class=\"moove-gdpr-cookie-notice\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Abbas Davari, Chairman of the NCRI\u2019s Labor Commission\u00a0 The Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, during his yearly speech\u00a0on the occasion of\u00a0the New Persian <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/19351\/\" title=\"Khamenei Plans to Further Plunder Iran\u2019s People\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-irans-current-affairs","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19353,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19351\/revisions\/19353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}