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| Iran |
| Iran Leader Denies Profiteering |
| 2003-07-17 |
| Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denied rumours his office receives a percentage of profits from all cars sold in the country. Wha? No way, wasn’t us... Nope. N’uh uh. Ayatollah Khamenei’s decision to take the unusual step of denying he receives any illegitimate payments shows he is very sensitive about rumours of corruption. Recognition that the little people matter? There is a widespread belief among ordinary Iranians that 20% of profits from every car sold in the country goes to the ayatollah as a religious tax, or Khoms. They get a cut of everything else, so why should cars be any different? The story became headline news in Iranian opposition media last week after Iran’s ministry of industry announced that the country’s state-owned car manufacturers will no longer pay any money to the supreme leader’s office. "We will no longer extort money from the car industry..." Although the statement was later withdrawn, it strengthened rumours that Ayatollah Khamenei may indeed receive a hefty cut from the sale of new cars. Uh, we withdraw the previous statement. It should’ve read, "We have never extorted His office says that it is rumour-mongering by the enemies of the country in order to discredit the Islamic leadership and has ordered the intelligence ministry to identify those behind the rumours so they can be prosecuted. It’s all Lies! We are Holy Men! Do you not see our Black Hats? We must root out the infidels who speak these falsehoods! And we’ll start with that dimwit But the ayatollah’s denials will do little to dispel the widely-held view in Iran that a new class of millionaire mullahs are plundering the riches of the country. The asshat Black Hats are as corrupt as $3 bills - and political whores of the first order. They will, one day very soon I hope, come to regret their suppression and violence... as it will come back to them 100-fold. Be gone you worms. |
| Posted by:PD |
| #3 The Black turban guys probably have swiss bank accounts and Khomenei's digs in Paris still rented out just for contingency. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-7-17 7:36:28 PM |
| #2 Dealer prep? |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-7-17 1:27:41 PM |
| #1 Does the Koran have a passage justifying this? Probably. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-17 12:37:44 PM |