“Iran’s Government and Revolutionary Guards Battle for Control of Economy” is the title of a long article published few hours ago (May 18th. 2016) at the website of the “Wall Street Journal“.
The article tries to show that there are two decision making powers in Iran: The Government of President Hassan Rouhani and the “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps” (IRGC).
What “WSJ” has tried to explain is something that usually the ordinary people in Iran try to convince each others with it; Gossips without documentation. However, there are some facts in front of the eyes of all those ordinary people: Many construction sites’ information panels which are fixed at the front gateway of hundreds of huge construction projects carrying the name of a powerful construction network of IRGC (Khatam-ol-Anbia Construction and Development Base)- See also: https://goo.gl/QxLR3E.
The above means that nothing is hidden and the Base is running for more projects; Any time, Any place, as far as it is huge and glorious!
In a fast comparison, one may see that since 1960’s till now, many top ranking American figures (Politicians and Traders) not only have had a background in “Vietnam War” but they have also been proud of it and still are. Inherently there is no problem with it, as all patriots in any nation are always respected. The problem arises when such a huge sector is doing the job in a “Tax Free” base and the Government has no income out of it. This is something that might be documented.
We prefer to leave the case here, re-publish few paragraphs of the “WSJ” article and lead you to its “link“:
Wall Street Journal writes:
TEHRAN— Ebadallah Abdollahi, a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was surprised last summer to find one of his top projects being second-guessed.
A confidential review ordered by the government called for scaling back a multibillion-dollar bullet-train project in which he was deeply involved, cutting some of its costs and allowing Western companies to bid for part of the work, said people who saw the report.
Since then, two European companies have negotiated with Iran for a piece of the project, with talks in one case continuing.
Iran is riven by a behind-the-scenes skirmish over the economy, one that was sharply accelerated by the country’s 2015 deal with world powers to curb the country’s nuclear program.
During years of sanctions that kept away many foreign companies, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stepped into the void, building a network of companies that came to dominate Iranian industries from energy to telecommunications.
