Increase in 'Liver Sale Ads'; 'How Much Will You Buy My Liver?'

The newspaper Etemad has published a letter from 23 representatives to the heads of the Parliament and the Judiciary regarding the follow-up on 'Mohammad Reza Rahimi's claims' about paying money to '170 representatives of the 8th Parliament'. The newspaper Shargh also noted in its Monday issue the statements of Mohammad Reza Rahimi's lawyer about the inclusion of Mohammad Reza Bahonar's name, the Deputy Speaker of the 9th Parliament, 'in the case of payments to representatives'. It wrote: 'A commotion has arisen. Questions and whispers are intertwined, and the key word is: who received money from Rahimi? Has the trail of financial support for representatives reached the 9th Parliament as well, and is the entire affair limited to the one billion and 200 million tomans assistance from Jaber Abdali, or are there other figures involved?' The newspaper Shargh also reported that on Sunday, 'regarding the names of representatives who received money from Rahimi, Mohammad Reza Naderi, Rahimi's lawyer, announced that the name of Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the Deputy Speaker of the 9th Parliament, is present in the case due to receiving assistance funds from Jaber Abdali.' While the signatory representatives of the letter to the heads of Parliament and the Judiciary have attributed the payment of money by Mohammad Reza Rahimi to the '8th Parliament', the newspaper Javan in its Monday issue wrote that these funds were paid during two periods: one during the impeachment of Ali Kordan in the 8th Parliament and the other during the elections of the '9th Parliament'. The newspaper Farhikhtegan quoted the head of the Administrative Violations Board as publishing 'details of the dismissal of a representative', stating that although the head of the Administrative Violations Board did not disclose the name of this representative, speculation has mentioned Hamid Rasayi, who 'held the position of director of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Department of Qom during the 9th government'. The newspaper Kayhan, in its Monday editorial, sharply criticized the remarks of Hassan Rouhani, the President of the Islamic Republic, last Wednesday, stating: 'To what extent must the humiliating behaviors of the enemy, such as the deportation of Mr. Rouhani's special representative to the United Nations and labeling him a terrorist, reach to affect the dignity, honor, and credibility of the esteemed government?' The newspaper Qanoon, in its Monday issue, published a report titled 'Foreign Fruit in Iranian Skin', examining how 'widespread agricultural product smuggling into Iran' occurs. The newspaper Iran, while publishing a report about the increase in 'liver sale ads', examined 'the reality and lies of liver sales'. The letter from 23 representatives for the publication of the names of 'representatives who received money from Rahimi' was reported by Etemad, which stated: 'Rahimi's case has been closed in the judiciary, but this is just the beginning of opening his case in the public space. Questions about Rahimi and his presence in power are being raised one after another. For the parliamentarians, however, one question is more important than the others: which representatives in the 8th Parliament received money from Rahimi?' Etemad noted that 'Rahimi himself stated that he distributed 1 billion and 200 million tomans among 170 representatives, meaning approximately 7 million tomans for each representative.' Now, 23 representatives of the 9th Parliament have targeted the act of doing this and have requested in two separate letters from the heads of Parliament and the Judiciary to pursue the issue of money given to candidates in the elections and representatives of the 8th Parliament. This newspaper named 'Hosseini Ghorosi, representative of Shahriar, Moayed Hosseini Sadr, representative of Khoy, Hamed Ghader Marzi, representative of Qorveh and Dehgolan, Gholam Ali Jafarzadeh Iman Abadi, representative of Rasht, Qasem Ahmadi Lashaki, representative of Nowshahr and Chalus, Kamal al-Din Pir-Mo’azzen, representative of Ardabil, Mohammad Reza Tabesh, representative of Ardakan, Javad Haravi, representative of Qaenat, Abdolkarim Rajabi, representative of Minoudasht and Kalaleh, Abdolkarim Hossein Zadeh, representative of Naqdeh and Oshnavieh, Rahim Zareh, representative of Abadeh, Ismail Jalili, representative of Masjed Soleiman, Ahmad Tavakoli, representative of Tehran, Mohammad Sadat Abrahimi, representative of Shushtar, Abolfazl Abutalebi, representative of Najafabad, Shamsollah Bahmei, representative of Ramhormoz and Ramshir, Osman Ahmadi, representative of Mahabad, Iraj Abdi, representative of Khorramabad, Ahmad Shohani, representative of Ilam, Abdolvahid Fayyazi, representative of Noor and Mahmoudabad, Mahmoud Negahban Salami, representative of Khaf and Rashtkhar, Gholam Reza Noori Qazaljeh, representative of Bostan Abad, and Ramadan Ali Sobhani Far, representative of Sabzevar' as the 23 representatives 'following the disclosure of the names of representatives who received money from Rahimi'. Etemad also reported that in the letter of these representatives to Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, it is stated: 'Mr. Rahimi, the first vice president of the 10th government, has stated that he has paid money to 170 candidates and representatives of the 8th Parliament, and the public is seriously requesting the Islamic Consultative Assembly to disclose the names of those individuals who received money from him, therefore, please pay attention to this matter in correspondence with the esteemed head of the Judiciary.' According to Etemad, these 23 representatives of the 9th Parliament, in another letter to Sadegh Larijani, the head of the Judiciary, while thanking the judiciary for 'prosecuting economic offenders', have requested 'the disclosure of the names of 170 representatives and candidates of the 8th Parliament' who received money from Mohammad Reza Rahimi. These 23 representatives emphasized to the head of the Judiciary that 'this is the least right of the noble people of Islamic Iran to have sufficient information about these individuals.' The name 'Mohammad Reza Bahonar' in the case of Rahimi's payments was also noted by the newspaper Shargh in its Monday issue regarding the statements of Mohammad Reza Rahimi's lawyer about the inclusion of Bahonar's name, the Deputy Speaker of the 9th Parliament, 'in the case of payments to representatives'. It wrote: 'A commotion has arisen. Questions and whispers are intertwined, and the key word is: who received money from Rahimi? Has the trail of financial support for representatives reached the 9th Parliament as well, and is the entire affair limited to the one billion and 200 million tomans assistance from Jaber Abdali, or are there other figures involved?' The newspaper Shargh also highlighted the response of the Guardian Council, stating: 'The issue of Rahimi's letter and Ahmadinejad's 'I say' is now met with a clear reaction from the Guardian Council.' Nejatollah Ebrahimi, the spokesman for the Guardian Council, said on Sunday: 'If this claim is proven in the relevant authorities, we will definitely show a proper reaction at the time of elections.' According to this newspaper, 'Thus, if the names and identities of the financial resource recipients in the 8th Parliament are confirmed, it is likely that these individuals will be disqualified by the relevant authorities', while 'the spokesman for the Guardian Council emphasizes that given Rahimi's recent letter, the Guardian Council cannot remain indifferent to this issue, but the alleged financial assistance in the 8th Parliament has not been investigated and disclosed in the past.' Shargh also reported that '20 representatives of Parliament have also written to the Judiciary requesting that the names of the 170 candidates who received money from Rahimi be disclosed as soon as possible. The letter has now been submitted to the presidium of the 9th Parliament' and 'is a step towards exposing financial rents and creating a political atmosphere aligned with the previous government.' Ameneh Shirafkan, a parliamentary reporter, reminded that the 8th Parliament 'did not have a particularly brilliant record in facing the wrong and unprincipled decisions of Ahmadinejad, whether in the case of the sealed signature and the questioning of Ahmadinejad or various requests for investigations that were often left unaddressed due to lobbying.' The newspaper Shargh also reported that on Sunday, 'regarding the names of representatives who received money from Rahimi, Mohammad Reza Naderi, Rahimi's lawyer, announced that the name of Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the Deputy Speaker of the 9th Parliament, is present in the case due to receiving assistance funds from Jaber Abdali.' This newspaper quoted Mohammad Reza Rahimi's lawyer as saying: 'Mr. Bahonar will not attend Rahimi's court, but he has written a testimony that we have placed in the case for the day of Rahimi's trial. This letter has not been made public, and I cannot disclose its content until later.' The narrative of the newspaper Javan regarding 'the timing' of the payment of money; both the impeachment of Kordan and the elections of the 9th Parliament While the representatives signing the letter to the heads of Parliament and the Judiciary have attributed the payment of money by Mohammad Reza Rahimi to the '8th Parliament', the newspaper Javan in its Monday issue wrote that these funds were paid during two periods: one during the impeachment of Ali Kordan in the 8th Parliament and the other during the elections of the '9th Parliament'. This newspaper, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also introduced the principlists as the pioneers in the fight against economic corruption, writing: 'The representatives of Parliament, whom Mohammad Reza Rahimi mentioned in his letter with the claim of receiving cash by some of them before the last parliamentary elections, have also opened this scandal in separate letters to the Speaker of the Parliament and the head of the Judiciary, requesting an investigation into this claim of Mohammad Reza Rahimi and the publication of the names of representatives who received money from the individual claimed by Mohammad Reza Rahimi.' Jafar Takbiri in the report of the newspaper Javan wrote: 'Right after the announcement of the verdict of Mohammad Reza Rahimi by the Judiciary, the commotions began. Former President Ahmadinejad distanced himself from him in a letter, and this made Rahimi, upset by these events, write a letter that, although it had no new points, caused the media to find a new subject and fan the flames of the commotions by addressing these issues.' The newspaper Javan emphasized that the issue of money payment to representatives 'is not new', writing: 'Reviewing Mohammad Reza Rahimi's claims regarding the payment of money by Jaber Abdali to some representatives of the 8th Parliament shows that the events of this Parliament indicate that Mohammad Reza Rahimi's associates distributed money among representatives twice, both times met with severe backlash from principlist representatives of Parliament.' According to this newspaper, 'the first round' of money payments to representatives 'occurred during the impeachment of Ali Kordan, the former Minister of Interior in Parliament' and 'a person named Abbasi, who was the head of the government office in the Islamic Consultative Assembly and a close associate of Mohammad Reza Rahimi, attempted to give five million tomans checks to representatives under the pretext of helping mosques in their electoral districts, intending to have the impeaching representatives withdraw their signatures. This issue was revealed when Abbasi intended to secretly obtain the signature of Heydarpoor for a letter of withdrawal from impeachment.' The newspaper Javan wrote: 'This issue was protested by Heydarpoor, and Rasayi and Zarei, two other representatives of Parliament, investigated the matter to the point that Zarei, out of anger over this action, slapped Abbasi, and Hamid Rasayi later described this slap as an effort to preserve the dignity of Parliament.' The time of the second round of payments by Mohammad Reza Rahimi was titled by the newspaper Javan 'before the elections of the 9th Parliament', stating: 'In another case mentioned by Mohammad Reza Rahimi, the payment of some funds to representatives of Parliament before the elections of the 9th Parliament also occurred. In this case, the principlists strongly protested this action, and they themselves engaged in exposing it' and even 'in this regard, Ayatollah Jannati explicitly referred to the distribution of money among representatives by members affiliated with the deviant current and stated: the attraction and distribution of some funds by this group is not hidden from the people; the people will hold them accountable if necessary.' The newspaper Javan, however, simultaneously titled the aim of raising the payment of money by Mohammad Reza Rahimi to representatives of Parliament as 'implying the inefficiency of Parliament', stating: 'A suspicious current is trying to exploit this case to portray the Parliament and representatives as inefficient and corrupt so that, on the verge of the 10th parliamentary elections, they can pave the way for their close figures to enter Baharestan in the upcoming elections. In addition, another issue that draws attention in the wake of these events and the emphasis of some media on it is the planning of forces and media close to the government to exaggerate this incident and hide the inefficiency of the government behind it, while throughout this time, the Parliament has shown unprecedented cooperation with the 11th government and has intended to collaborate with the government to solve the economic problems of the country, but this issue seems to have been overlooked by the government officials, and Rahimi's claims have become a tool for undermining the Parliament.' 'Details of the dismissal of a representative of Parliament' according to 'the head of the primary board of administrative violations' The newspaper Farhikhtegan published 'details of the dismissal of a representative of Parliament' according to the head of the Administrative Violations Board, stating that although the head of the Administrative Violations Board did not disclose the name of this representative, speculation has mentioned Hamid Rasayi, who 'held the position of director of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Department of Qom during the 9th government'. According to this newspaper, Mohammad Ashrafi Isfahani, the head of the primary board for investigating administrative violations, 'recently announced the issuance of a dismissal order for two current representatives of Parliament who held positions in the executive branch during the Ahmadinejad governments from 2005 to 2013, and added that this order will prevent them from being candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.' Farhikhtegan also reported that Mohammad Ashrafi Isfahani referred to the issuance of a permanent dismissal order for one of the senior managers of the Presidential Office during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's term, who had 'widespread violations' and raised his salary from 15 million to 40 million tomans per month. The head of the primary board for investigating administrative violations 'did not name these individuals', but categorized them among the 'most staunch' representatives opposing two.