Ahmadinejad’s Budget Hikes Funding For Hard-Line Think Tanks

5D395774-A241-4883-AD30-B6265B5BA6C3_w527_s

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has proposed increasing funds for hard-line think tanks by 143 percent in his draft government budget, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.

If passed by the parliament, hundreds of millions dollars more than the previous year would be directed to ideological institutes — mostly run by close associates of Ahmadinejad — that are trying to prepare the country for the imminent return of the “Hidden Imam.”

The Islamic republic’s official ideology dictates that the regime should prepare to hand over the government to the divine leadership of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi. Believers in the Hidden Imam, who was born in 869, say he did not die but was hidden by God and will eventually reappear as the savior of mankind.

One beneficiary of the proposed funding hikes would be the Ayandeh Rooshan Organization, led by Ahmadinejad’s brother-in-law Sfandiyar Rahim Mashayee, who also heads the Presidential Office. It is slated to receive some $120 million in the draft budget.

Another beneficiary of the new budget would be the Imam Khomeini think tank, run by Ahmadinejad’s spiritual adviser Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi.

Both institutes advance the Hidden Imam ideology. Ahmadinejad has made that ideology the basis of the legitimacy of his populist administration and his refusal to cooperate with opposition forces in the country.

In all, the budget proposal increases the number of hard-line institutions and individuals who support Ahmadinejad who are receiving direct government subsidies from 38 to 58.

By comparison, the amount of money proposed for the Rooyan Institute, a leading scientific research center involved in reproductive biomedicine, stem-cell research and technology, will receive $12 million.

The budget was presented last month to the Majlis, Iran’s parliament, and is waiting its approval.

Source: RFE/RL

3,784 Responses for “Ahmadinejad’s Budget Hikes Funding For Hard-Line Think Tanks”

  1. I think other site proprietors should take this site as an model, very clean and great user friendly style and design, let alone the content. You’re an expert in this topic!

  2. HAROLD says:

    I tried taking a look at your blog with my ipod touch and the layout doesnt seem to be correct. Might want to check it out on WAP as well as it seems most cell phone layouts are not working with your web site.

  3. Ahmadinejad’s Budget Hikes Funding For Hard-Line Think Tanks | Street Journalist Spot on with this write-up, I actually assume this website needs much more consideration. I’ll probably be once more to learn far more, thanks for that info. Regards, Teak Manufacturers

  4. nano muff says:

    Fantastic blog! Great!

  5. Vince Klepac says:

    I used to be very happy to search out this net-site.I wanted to thanks to your time for this excellent learn!! I positively enjoying every little little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to take a look at new stuff you blog post. klick hier

  6. Tremendous-Duper website! I’m loving it!! Will come back once more – taking you feeds also, Thanks. http://www.crest.getlisted.co.nz/franchises-for-sale-nz

  7. Lovely blog! I am loving it!! Will be back later to read some more. I am bookmarking your feeds also

  8. my website says:

    Wanted to drop a remark and let you know your Feed is not functioning today. I tried including it to my Bing reader account but got nothing.

  9. I’ve read some good stuff here. Certainly worth bookmarking for revisiting. I surprise how much effort you put to make such a excellent informative site.

  10. Roulette says:

    I agree with most of your points, but a few need to be discussed further, I will hold a small talk with my partners and maybe I will look for you some suggestion soon.

  11. This particular blog is obviously interesting and also informative. I have discovered helluva helpful things out of this blog. I’d love to visit it again and again. Thanks!

  12. I was wanting to know if you ever considered adjusting the page layout of your blog? It is well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could include a a bit more in the way of content so people might connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or two photographs. Maybe you can space it out better?

  13. dentures says:

    Have you given any thought at all with converting your web-site in to German? I know a couple of of translaters here which might help you do it for no cost if you wanna make contact with me.

  14. Thank you so much regarding giving me an update on this subject on your site. Please understand that if a completely new post becomes available or if perhaps any alterations occur about the current submission, I would be thinking about reading a lot more and understanding how to make good utilization of those techniques you discuss. Thanks for your time and consideration of others by making this website available.

  15. Jc Adolphus says:

    some genuinely choice posts on this website , saved to bookmarks .

  16. Well I really liked studying it. This tip procured by you is very effective for proper planning.

  17. I don’t drop many responses, however i did a few searching and wound up here Ahmadinejad’s Budget Hikes Funding For Hard-Line Think Tanks | Street Journalist. And I actually do have 2 questions for you if it’s allright. Is it only me or does it give the impression like a few of the remarks appear as if they are left by brain dead people? :-P And, if you are posting on other places, I would like to keep up with anything new you have to post. Would you list of every one of all your public pages like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?

  18. webhosting says:

    Thank you so much pertaining to giving me an update on this subject matter on your site. Please realise that if a fresh post becomes available or in case any adjustments occur with the current publication, I would want to consider reading more and focusing on how to make good using of those strategies you reveal. Thanks for your efforts and consideration of people by making this site available.

  19. Your current article continually have a lot of really up to date info. Where do you come up with this? Just saying you are very inspiring. Thanks again

  20. sex anons says:

    hello there and thanks for your info – I’ve definitely picked up anything new from right here. I did on the other hand experience some technical issues the usage of this website, since I skilled to reload the site many occasions previous to I may just get it to load correctly. I have been brooding about in case your web hosting is OK? Now not that I’m complaining, but sluggish loading cases occasions will often have an effect on your placement in google and can injury your quality score if advertising and ***********|advertising|advertising|advertising and *********** with Adwords. Well I’m including this RSS to my e-mail and could look out for much extra of your respective interesting content. Ensure that you update this once more soon..

  21. cheap carpet says:

    Thank you for sharing this good article. Very inspiring! (as always, btw)

  22. This might not be the most beneficial place to inquire about this, but I’m trying to find a pest management provider inside the pittsburgh region and have no method to find out who’s the best. I uncovered this company that is really close to me and wanted to see if any person has any assessments on them. Spectrum Pest Control, 3058 West Liberty Avenue, Dormont, PA 15216 – (412) 446-2802

  23. This very blog is really educating and besides diverting. I have picked a bunch of interesting things out of it. I’d love to return every once in a while. Thanks a lot!

  24. home says:

    Many thanks for being my lecturer on this niche. I actually enjoyed your own article very much and most of all enjoyed reading how you really handled the aspect I considered to be controversial. You happen to be always really kind towards readers really like me and assist me to in my everyday living. Thank you.

  25. EdPrattaf says:

    This website dedicated only to medical cannabis has been compared to the new facebook for cannabis. Its obtaining an awesome following and is supporting the community.

    http://www.weedpals.com

  26. SHAWN says:

    Do you might have a spam issue on this website; I also am a blogger, and I was asking yourself your scenario; we have developed some nice techniques and we are searching to trade options with other individuals, be positive to blast me an e-mail if planning to pursue.

  27. I just want to thank you for sharing your views and this information. I was glad when I landed here and saw the time you put into your blog. People could learn a lot from the way you present it and write. Thanks!!

  28. Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your webpage? My blog site is in the very same area of interest as yours and my visitors would genuinely benefit from a lot of the information you present here. Please let me know if this ok with you. Regards!

  29. The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s. It works well, but isn’t as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that’s not an issue, but if you’re planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod’s larger screen and better browser may be important.

  30. I Am Going To have to visit again when my course load lets up – nevertheless I am getting your Feed so i could go through your web blog offline. Cheers.

  31. Have you given any consideration at all with converting your current web-site in to Spanish? I know a several of translaters here that would certainly help you do it for free if you want to make contact with me personally.

  32. Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So good to search out someone with some original ideas on this subject. realy thank you for starting this up. this website is one thing that is needed on the web, somebody with just a little originality. useful job for bringing something new to the web!

  33. After I originally commented I clicked the -Notify me when new feedback are added- checkbox and now each time a remark is added I get 4 emails with the identical comment. Is there any method you possibly can take away me from that service? Thanks!

  34. Dota 2 says:

    Check this out…

    [...] that is the end of this article. Here you’ll find some sites that we think you’ll appreciate, just click the links over[...]……

Leave a Reply

BREAKING NEWS

ADVERTISEMENT

-