In a sensational disclosure, Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of the fourteenth government, admitted on Thursday, January 1, to the elimination of government currency and the widespread corruption that exists in this area. He said: “We will no longer give the government dollar of 28,500 tomans to anyone. We give the dollar to anyone, they consume it.”
Organized Corruption in Iran's Economy
These statements by Pezeshkian refer to a reality that experts and economic activists have repeatedly warned about for years. According to them, currency corruption and financial violations are the result of the interests of government currency and organized corruption in Iran's economic structure. It seems that with this confession, the government is seeking to change its approach to currency management, but can this change help reduce corruption?
We must wait and see whether this new policy can prevent abuses or whether, like in the past, the fate of the government dollar will again fall into the hands of those who only think of their personal interests.