The new president of Iran; the most corrupted mayor of Tehran
In his presidential campaign one of the main slogans of Ahmadinejad was to fight against the "economical corruptions" which he and many other hardliners accused the reformist officials to be the corrupt ones.
As Ahmadinejad left his mayoral office for presidential office, a large number of dishonored cheques, delayed contracts and military men who no one dares to sue them in Iranian courts, are some the most important traces he has left in
Enjoying from the higher prices of oil then ever, the hard-line president of
Way below their real value and with long-term loans and interests close to zero, 460 residential flats were submitted to IRGC commanders, so they would make no complains about the 3000 meter-square piece of land owned by the mayor's wife in Lavasan-an expensive region in north of Tehran famous for it's clean air- which was bought by the money Ahmadinejad's embezzled from the time he was in charge of the province of Ardabil. While Ahmadinejad was in office he donated a few houses to judges of justice administration. He also provided some safe-houses for security teams headed by Mr. Jafarzadeh (a security officer belonging to a security organization parallel to the regular intelligence ministry of Khatami's administration). He also bought about 1.5 million dollars of used tires for
Last year Mr. Hashemisamareh, currently the number two man in the hard-line cabinet of Ahmadinejad, and Mr. Saeedlou, Ahmadinejads deputy, had the responisbilty to make such donations.
The license for building the Simorgh complex in Darabad(north-west of
Zaribafan who is one of closest members of
A the time Ahmadinejad was the mayor of Tehran the governmental company responsible for making the flats for the personnel of Ministry of Intelligence was able to reach a deal with the mayor of Tehran some time after ten years so that they would not pay the 3million dollars fine because of their unlawful constructions. They managed to escape the fines just because of the friendship that existed between them and Ahmadinejad.
With his 6 dollars coat, Ahmadinejad is a symbol of the revolutionary days of 1978, the poor class who were managed just over one night to change their lives from the old houses of outskirt of
When the current president was the mayor of
Ahmadinejad has brought a new generation of managers with himself to conquer the government who are also known as the second generation of the revolution. Many newspapers now are used to publishing their names and their pictures in front pages, but heir real personalities is hidden behind a diplomatic gesture. Of course their wives can easily show the religious identity of these managers. Up to a year ago the wives of these mangers had no place to go except only to women religious gatherings, but these days unlike ordinary women in Tehran who do not fully obey the Islamic dress code, they wear long great coats in accordance with Islamic laws and meet each others in the gyms and high-class swimming pools. In this way they show the religious identity of the new government of
