Iran provides nearly $30 million to Iraq, Syria for rebuilding shrines

The regime in Iran is providing millions to Iraq & Syria while millions are suffering from floods inside Iran It has been more than a month since the devastating floods in Iran has washed away more than half of the country’s lands and leaving the lives of more than 11 million people in two third of the country’s provinces in ruins. While there is a desperate need for state funds to help the people and provide at least basic necessities, some state-run media reported on Saturday that the clerical regime ruling Iran has paid 1.2 trillion rials (equal to about $30 million) to Iraq and Syria under the pretext of rebuilding shrines in those two countries. The head of one of the regime’s corrupt institution, the “Department for Rebuilding Sacred Shrines,” acknowledged the amount. By calling it propaganda against the state, he reacted to the growing popular hatred of spending so much on the regime’s extraterritorial projects while people in floode...