As ordinary Iranians struggle to pay for fruit and vegetables, their leaders lavish cash on the guards brutally suppressing protests in the streets
Iran’s feared state security forces, which have played a violent role in suppressing nationwide protests, have been allocated $3 billion in the latest budget, despite the country’s collapsing economy.
Announced several weeks late by the government, the budget for the state militia, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), has been raised by 28 per cent. However, some experts estimate the actual income of the militia could be as high as $17 billion.
