"People are upset that the aghazadehs are getting dollar stipends to go to the west the United States, Europe elsewhere to study essentially on the state's dime, said Alex Vatanka, the Iran programme director at the Middle East Institute in Washington."
"Members of Iran's ruling elite have been accused of brazen hypocrisy by allegedly using the state's wealth to help to fund their adult children's lives in the west while presiding over growing economic misery and repression at home."
"One Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander who criticised the practice said 4,000 children and relatives of regime officials were believed to be living in western countries in 2024."
Iran's opposition campaigners have accused the country's ruling elite of brazen hypocrisy, allegedly using state wealth to support their adult children living in the West while overseeing economic misery and repression domestically. High-ranking officials including Ali Larijani, Iran's top national security adviser and a vocal critic of Western values, have family members residing in the US, Britain, and Canada. Larijani played a key role in the deadly crackdown against opposition protests in January, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths. Public anger intensified after these protests, with citizens frustrated that regime officials' children receive dollar stipends for Western education at state expense. An IRGC commander estimated approximately 4,000 children and relatives of regime officials live in Western countries as of 2024.
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