Iran's new president raises Revolutionary Guard's budget
Iranians suffer from dire economic conditions that cast a shadow over all sectors in their country.
These conditions are giving rise to relentless
protests across Iran.
The protesters call for improving the
living conditions of workers.
However, Iranian authorities meet
these calls with complete disregard.
Revolutionary Guard
Despite ignoring the demands of the
working class to raise the budget specified for their salaries, the Iranian
regime does not hesitate to raise the budget of the Revolutionary Guard Corpse.
The corpse basically controls nearly
70% Iran's economic institutions. It also controls all resources and manages a
large smuggling network that has come to form a parallel economy in the
country.
In his first state budget, Iranian
President, Ibrahim Raisi, raised the budget of the Revolutionary Guard Corpse by
2.4%, compared to the budget of last year.
The budget of the Revolutionary
Guard Corpse for the new fiscal year reached 93 billion Iranian tomans.
Under former president, Hassan
Rouhani, the budget of the corpse did not exceed 38.5 billion tomans.
This means that the new Iranian
president had raised the same budget by 2.4%.
This raise compounds the advantages
enjoyed by the corpse. Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, also has his own budget
that comes from the National Trust Fund.
The Iranian state budget also has
allocations for the Defense Strengthening Program and Strategic Defense Research.
These allocations amount to 4.5 billion Euros.
Significance
Increasing the budget of the Revolutionary
Guard Corpse comes in light of the various tensions that Iran is experiencing.
This also comes as tensions between
Iran and the international community increase, against the country's nuclear
file.
The tensions are opening the door
for fears from a potential military escalation, especially if indirect talks on
the nuclear file fail.
