Iranian Parliament Wants to Question Rouhani About Collapsing Economy….The announcement said the parliament summoned Rouhani to appear before a special session within a month, without setting an exact date.
Why might Iran’s economy be collapsing? For starters, the big-bucks Iran deal was scrapped — a deal that saw billions flow into Iran, a top state sponsor of jihad terrorism.
Trump, unlike Obama, finally stood up to the threatening, menacing, rogue state that promotes “death to America” and “death to Israel.” It oppresses its people under strict enforcement of Islamic law and has planted its proxies everywhere worldwide. Trump’s recognition of the fact that appeasing bullies only strengthens them led to his announcement of sanctions on May 8. Less than a month later, ten companies from Europe, China, India and Russia announced their exits from Iran. This was despite the shallow words of support for Iran from European and Asian leaders.
So the answer to the question of why Iran’s economy is spiraling downwards is obvious, but is embarrassing to the Iranian regime. It is characteristic of Islamic supremacists to deceive, lie and choose a fall guy when they are exposed. Usually the fall guy is a Western dullard, taken in by historic guilt and the clever victimology narrative wielded by Islamic supremacists. This time, the fall guy could be shaping up to be Rouhani, a man wrongly referred to as “ moderate” in the media (and by the Obama administration), but who is actually as guilty as his “brothers” who are now ready to throw him under the bus in a desperate attempt to save face.
“Iranian Parliament Wants to Question Rouhani About Collapsing Economy,” by John Hayward, Breitbart, August 1, 2018:
The Iranian parliament announced on Wednesday that it wants to question President Hassan Rouhani about the shaky economy and rapidly devaluing currency.
The announcement said the parliament summoned Rouhani to appear before a special session within a month, without setting an exact date.
The Associated Press notes Labor Minister Ali Rabiei managed to keep his job after facing tough questions from the Iranian parliament in March over the 12.5 percent national unemployment rate. It appears Rabiei will soon return to answer more questions as the rial plunges and the economy struggles.
The Jerusalem Post observed that Rouhani has never been summoned by the Iranian parliament before. The summons may have been prompted in part by Rouhani canceling interviews with the media as the economy worsened. A few previous attempts were made to summon him for questioning on various issues, but his administration was always able to persuade lawmakers to drop their demands.
In this case, at least 80 members of parliament submitted questions for him to answer. According to the Jerusalem Post, a few who buckled under pressure from Rouhani’s allies were persuaded to resubmit their questions.
The subtext here is that Iranian moderates are wondering how the economy should be in such horrible shape after all that money flowed in from U.S. President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal. The obvious answer is that much of the money was diverted to the Iranian military and its adventures in places like Syria and Yemen.
Hardliners, on the other hand, think the Iranian military and theocracy are not powerful enough and see an opportunity to weaken the secular government….