Iran prohibits Officials From Leaving Country After 3 Years Of Government Service

ICBPS- The Islamic Consultative Assembly has prohibited bureaucrats and government administrators from leaving the country after 3 years of government service.

According to Fars news agency, if government bureaucrats wish to leave the country prior, they must obtain a special permission from the intelligence and security apparatus including the Judiciary, the IRGC Intelligence Organization, and the police intelligence.

The announcement also effects officials with dual citizenship or with family members living abroad.

The plan has been adopted following the widespread corruption among officials who flee to Western countries and taking money out of the country.

Within 41 years of the corruption of high-ranking officials and the clerics’ circle under Ayatollahs in Iran, the nation slips in the Corruption Perception Index last year.

According to the reports, “by 2020 the sheer scale of corruption has reached a boiling point, even estimates indicate that such bureaucratic corruption involved at least billions of dollars since the Islamic Revolution took power in Iran.”

Iran administrative corruption is a “glue” that kept the Ayatollahs’ tyranny, domestic despotism, and regional ambitions together.

The Ayatollahs’ tyranny is described as an example of governments losing legitimation because of corruption, and facing public outrage as a result.

Iran Administrative Corruption

In late September, the Islamic Judiciary has allegedly arrested a group of mayors in Iran over reported corruption charges.

A group of mayors in Tehran province, including Lavasan, Shahriar, and Rudehen, were reportedly arrested on corruption, which was defined as bribery, forgery, fraud, and making counterfeit bills according to state-run media. The defendants were gone under interrogation at custody.

In mid-September, the Islamic Attorney General in Bushehr announced that the City Council administrator had been arrested over corruption charges.

Speaking with reporters, the Attorney General Ali Hassanpour declared that the judiciary system issued an arrest warrant for an Iran City Council official over corruption charges and Abouzar Dehdar, Bushehr City Council supervisor.

Iran City Council administrator is currently under interrogation at detention, according to state-run Tabnak News Agency.

In August, the judiciary department declared that it arrested five other municipality employees in Bushehr, southern Iran, and those for alleged bribery and embezzlement.

Early September, the Islamic Judiciary office in Mazandaran announced that a former municipal administrator had been arrested over corruption charges.

In a statement, the Islamic judicial system expressed that it issued an arrest warrant for Abdolhamid Farzaneh, the former supervisor in Sari municipality, and a broker in connection with top officials.

They were arrested for alleged charges of “embezzlement,” “bribery,” “damage or destruction of state property,” according to the judiciary.

The CEO of Mazandaran Gas Company was arrested on charges of “financial corruption” by the Islamic security agents, Mehr News reported on October 23.

Previously, seven members of the Saqqez City Council were reportedly suspended for alleged investigation over corruption.

In mid-September, the ICBPS was informed that the Islamic judiciary arrested 25 administrators and rural municipalities employees over corruption charges.

The experts, however, believe that the so-called anti-corruption campaign works as a political pressure against rivals and other parties. 

Some political figures and entities have also been accused of failing to return the high-value assets of the Mostazafan Foundation.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s top officials are the main source of economic problems in the country as the head of Mostazafan Foundation – in an interview with state-run TV in Aug – disclosed some aspects of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s institutionalized corruption.

Giant financial institutions, owning 60% of Iran’s national assets — under control of Mullah the Great Ali Khamenei — are tax-deducted.

Corruption Perceptions in Iran index has dropped as it’s the 146 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries, according to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International.

Since the serious rights violater, Ebrahim Raisi was appointed as head of the country’s judiciary, the so-called anti-corruption campaign has continued its alleged mission to purify the Islamic regime and arrested hundreds of mid-level administrators, not top corrupt-officials. 

Raisi, known as the ‘Executor Ayatollah’ for his role in 1988 mass executions, followed in Larijani’s footsteps to annihilate his rivals.

Iran, however, ranks among the most corrupt countries. Iran’s Administrative Corruption has increased dramatically in recent years.

 Iran slips in the Corruption Perception Index in 2019. The top spot is shared by New Zealand and Denmark, with 87 points each.

In 2019, Western Europe and the EU are the highest-scoring regions with an average of 66/100, while Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest scoring region with 32 points. Both regions have kept an unchanged average since 2018.  

Iran slips in the Corruption Perception Index in 2019. The top spot is shared by New Zealand and Denmark, with 87 points each.

In 2019, Western Europe and the EU are the highest-scoring regions with an average of 66/100, while Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest scoring region with 32 points. Both regions have kept an unchanged average since 2018.

According to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International, Iran is the 146 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries.

There is a link between corruption and democracies’ health that Iran has never benefited in the past four decades. Iran Administrative Corruption

The ICBPS team gathered the report.

The Institute of Capacity Building for Political Studies (ICBPS) is a non-governmental research institute focusing on political studies, international security, and international relations.

Millions of Iranians today argue that the only way to eliminate corruption is through a regime change in the country.