Ministry of Economy: Government tax revenues are not used for foreign projects
Amid increasing economic pressures in Iran and widespread protests against the Islamic Republic’s financial aid to Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance claimed that government tax revenues are not used for foreign projects.
Mohammad Hadi Sobhanian, head of the Tax Affairs Organization and Deputy Minister of Economy, on Monday, February 25, in an interview with ILNA news agency, dismissed reports about spending Iran’s tax revenues abroad and stated that there is absolutely no discussion of paying taxes for foreign projects, and it is not the case that people pay taxes and these taxes are spent abroad.
Sobhanian also announced the implementation of a new plan called ‘tax earmarking’, based on which citizens can decide in which sectors their taxes are spent, but the option to choose foreign projects is not included in this plan.
These statements are made at a time when recent revelations about the continued financial aid of the Islamic Republic to Hezbollah in Lebanon have provoked strong public reactions.
