Religious ‘foundations’ and military-industrial-complex seem to have unlimited funds at their disposal… most of which are being misused, if not used for negative things.
Iran parliament agrees bill to tax religious groups | Daily Mail Online
Iran’s parliament has approved an article in the 2015-2016 draft budget to tax religious foundations and army-linked firms that could generate trillions of dollars.
The vote, reported by the state news agency IRNA, could help boost state coffers in the Islamic republic which has long depended on revenues from oil.
But since the plunge in international oil prices, the government has sought to tighten spending and raise taxes to offset the negative hit on state finances…