Following the appointment of Hassan Neshanzadeh as the new CEO of Bidboland Gas Company, it was expected that his first action would be to address the controversial contract between Bidboland and the Petro Niroo Saba group; a case that has been under public and media scrutiny for months due to numerous reports of financial violations and lack of transparency. However, the information obtained and existing documents indicate that the new CEO's approach is no different from that of his predecessors, and he too has taken steps to meet the demands of Petro Niroo Saba.
Continuation of Corruption
The new request for 2 trillion tomans aligns exactly with a demand previously made by Omran Bajouh, the chairman of the board of Petro Niroo Saba. This alignment raises serious questions about why Article 68 is being ignored and why the company's guarantee has not been seized; especially in light of official reports regarding invoice fabrication, forgery of foreign companies' documents, and the transfer of contract amounts to other projects.
The continuation of this trend is seen as an extension of the policies of Mahmoud Aminnejad, the former CEO of Bidboland, whose behind-the-scenes collusions with Petro Niroo managers have led to a corruption scandal worth several trillion tomans. Additionally, the actions of Javanshir Sadeghi, the former CEO of Bidboland, are also questionable; particularly regarding the payment of 37 million euros to another contractor for the purchase of ten compressors from China, while according to documents, Petro Niroo has also received similar foreign currency amounts for the purchase of the same compressors.
Ultimately, considering the total ineffective payments amounting to around ten trillion tomans, a fundamental question arises: Why have the prosecutor of Khuzestan, the CEO of Persian Gulf Holding, and the Minister of Oil not yet intervened in this case and prevented the allocation of new budgets that could potentially deepen the corruption?
