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Article: IRAN: BRIBERY AND KICKBACKS PERSIST DESPITE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- July 15, 2004
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Ramin Mostaghim
Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-15-2004
TEHRAN, Jul. 15, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- Graft has become so
widespread in Iran that the growing economic and spiritual malaise
in the country is getting worse by the day, many people say.
"If I do not pay a 'success fee' for any contract I sign with
government organisations, big or small, I will be out of business
very quickly," Mahmoud Asgari, the proprietor of two medium-sized
printing houses in Tehran, told IPS.
"Our main revenue comes from publishing government brochures,
news bulletins, books and political campaign posters," he
continued. "If these items end up in our printing machines, that
implies we have agreed to pay 'success ...
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