Zamaneh Media
  • Latest Articles
  • Latest News
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Contact us
    • Legal
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
  • Latest Articles
  • Latest News
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Contact us
    • Legal
  • Advertise
No Result
View All Result
Zamaneh Media
No Result
View All Result

Minister criticized for saying drug money used in elections

by Zamaneh Media
February 24, 2015
in Featured Items
Reading Time: 1min read
0
Minister criticized for saying drug money used in elections

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli

Iran’s interior minister has been accused of :disturbing public minds” by a member of the parliament’s National Security Commission because the minister said this weekend that “dirty money” from drug trafficking has found its way into funding election campaigns.

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli

Avaz Heydarpour told Etemad daily that Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has made statements that he regards “wrong and unfounded”.

He stressed: “There isn’t a single person in parliament that has any such connections that could warrant someone saying that this person has managed to engineer the elections with dirty money.”

In a live interview on national television, the interior minister said drug trafficking is yielding annual revenues of over 10 trillion toumans in the country and warned that some of that has been used to “purchase votes”.

Heydarpour added that if the minister of interior has any documents to establish these claims, he should forward them as classified information to the National Security Commission for examination.

He criticized the minister for undermining the electoral system with his statements.

Tags: Abdolreza Rahmani Fazlidrug traffickingIranian parliamentary elections
Previous Post

Rain brings respite from dust storms

Next Post

Teachers escalate protests by skipping class

Related Posts

Poverty and State Suppression; the Story of Iranian Workers in the 15th Labor Newsletter
Featured Items

Poverty and State Suppression; the Story of Iranian Workers in the 15th Labor Newsletter

January 21, 2021
Insulin Shortage Under Sanctions: Domestic and foreign profiteering, incompetence, and corruption
Featured Items

Insulin Shortage Under Sanctions: Domestic and foreign profiteering, incompetence, and corruption

November 26, 2020
Arms embargoes are pushing Iran into the arms of Putin and Xi Jinping
Featured Items

Arms embargoes are pushing Iran into the arms of Putin and Xi Jinping

October 24, 2020
“They are treated like trash!” – Abuses in Iran’s Rehabilitation Centers
Featured Items

“They are treated like trash!” – Abuses in Iran’s Rehabilitation Centers

October 2, 2020
A wall in the so-called "Kidney Street", officially Farhang Hosseini street, in Tehran. On the wall, there is a mobile phone number with this explanation: "Center for buying and selling organs", 2020
Featured Items

Instagram used as a market place for illegal organ trafficking

September 29, 2020
Novo Nordisk in Iran: An Investigation
Featured Items

Novo Nordisk in Iran: An Investigation

September 23, 2020

RSS Iran in other media

  • Saudi, UAE Stocks Rise on Earnings, Iran Optimism: Inside EM - Bloomberg
  • Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southwestern Iran - ABC News
  • Magnitude 5.9 quake hits southern Iran - The Canberra Times
  • Saudi senior source denies FT report of holding secret talks with Iran - Arab News
  • Iran shows off dozens of drones in military parade - The Jerusalem Post
  • Saudi and Iranian officials hold talks to patch up relations - Financial Times
  • Israeli general who helped destroy Iraq, Syria nuclear plants says stopping Iran's program is much harder - CNBC
  • SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 Diverts To Iran With Cracked Windshield - Simple Flying
  • Iran rejects claim Ukraine’s plane shot down intentionally - Al Jazeera English
  • Biden says Iranian enrichment to 60% unhelpful, but glad about talks - The Jerusalem Post
Zamaneh Media

© 2020 Zamaneh Media

More information

  • Sponsors
  • Donate
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Legal

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Latest Articles
  • Latest News
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Contact us
    • Legal
  • Advertise

© 2020 Zamaneh Media