Corruption in Iran

Corruption remains a serious problem in the Islamic Republic of Iran.^[1][2][3]

Corruption levels

According to Transparency International, which publishes the annual Corruption Perception Index, in 2012, Iran was ranked 2.8 out of 10 with a score of rank of 133, tied with Comoros, Guyana, Honduras, Kazakhstan, and Russia.^[4] Reformists and conservatives alike - at times even the Supreme Leader.^[5] - routinely criticize corruption in the government.^[6]

Then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vouched to fight "economic/oil Mafia" at all echelons of government.^[7] President Ahmadinejad has also proposed that lawmakers consider a bill, based on which the wealth and property of all officials who have held high governmental posts since 1979 could be investigated.^[8] Many Iranians believe the country's economic problems are a byproduct of mismanagement and corruption.

On February 3, 2013, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played a video tape in the Iranian parliament that tied the heads of two branches of the government, the legislative and judiciary, to a documented financial corruption case related to the Larijani brothers.^[9]

See also

• Crime in Iran
• History of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Cases

• Banking cases
  • 2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal
• Fatemi Circle

Institutions in charge of fighting corruption

• General Inspection Office (Iran)
• Supreme Audit Court of Iran
• Islamic Revolutionary Court

References

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