One
of the key points absent from the discussion on the deal with Iran is the
direct benefit it confers on the financial empire of Ali Khamenei and his
fascist regime in Iran.
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| HamidYazdanPanah |
A
2013 report by Reuters uncovered the vast financial empire of Khamenei.
According to the report, which was based on a 6 month investigation, Khamenei
“controls a business empire worth around $95 billion - a sum exceeding the
value of his oil-rich nation's current annual petroleum exports.”
Khamenei
uses the business front known as “Setad” to extend his influence into every
corner of the Iranian economy, including: “finance, oil, telecommunications,
the production of birth-control pills and even ostrich farming.”
The
report details Khamanei’s use of the Iranian state apparatus to systematically
confiscate property from ordinary Iranians, including “members of religious
minorities, Shi'ite Muslims, business people and Iranians living abroad.” Under
the pretense of operating under the Supreme Leader, Setad has used the
country's judiciary as a tool to consolidate financial resources for its own
benefit.
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