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July 18, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3068805.stm

Iran's Millionaire Mullahs

(BBC) - Sadeq Saba There is a widespread belief among ordinary Iranians that 20% of the profits from every car sold in the country goes to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a religious tax. Last week, after Iran's ministry of industry announced that the country's state-owned car manufacturers will no longer pay any money to the supreme leader's office - although the statement was later withdrawn - the ayatollah took the unusual step of denying he receives any illegitimate payments. But the ayatollah's denials will do little to dispel the widely-held view in Iran that a new class of millionaire mullahs are plundering the riches of the country.

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