Regime’s kids flaunt oil-funded opulence

By Milo Haskour —

While the Iranian people saw price increases of basic food items rise from morning to noon because of astronomic inflation, the children of the regime — the aghazadeh — lived swanky lives of extreme privilege abroad benefitting from the sale of oil.

On Instagram, they were known as the Rich Kids of Iran, a page that quickly disappeared after widespread rioting broke out and turned into a full-fledged uprising.

“Their lifestyle has enraged the citizens of Iran, specifically Gen Z in their age group, mainly because they see how these rich kids live — with no accountability for anything that they do,” says Ella Rosenberg, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Centre for Foreign Affairs focusing on Iran and counterterrorism financing. “Their families and parents and grandparents are making sure that their lives in Iran are easy, living the life of luxury.”

Inside and outside of Iran, the nepo-babies of the most stringent Islamic nation don’t seem to adhere to the ascetic life required by Allah. Where is the hijab and the modesty required by those who threaten that Islam will take over the world?

High-end cars, penthouse digs, designer bags, private jets. There’s plenty of wealth for the very few.

Meanwhile, Iranians are faced with a currency that has spiraled to zero in value (not too long ago, the $1 was worth 1.5M rial). While the rich kids strip down and bare their skin, 550 Iranians were killed in the 2022 uprising for objecting to the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, for not wearing the hijab correctly.

The West imposed sanctions against Iran for its diabolical terrorism worldwide, but the regime has gotten around it. “Sanctions are not enforced properly against the families and against the heads of the regime — Khamenei, for instance, holds accounts worth billions of dollars,” Rosenberg says.

Khamenei has several relatives in Britain and France, including his nephew Mahmoud Moradkhani, while the grandchildren of the founder of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, have settled in Canada.

The brother of Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, lectures in Scotland on cybersecurity, while the children of the former president, Hassan Rouhani, live in Austria and studied at Oxford.

According to one former Iranian minister, 5,000 aghazadeh live in America, Iran’s greatest enemy, the “Great Satan.”

Sashi Sobhani, son of former Iranian ambassador to Venezuela, is accused of running illegal gambling websites, money-laundering and organizing raves.

Anashid Hoseini married Amir Mohsen Moradian, the son of Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, and became a model and fashion designer accustomed to wearing cashmere.

Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani and his brother Hassan are the sons of Khamenei adviser Ali Shamkhani. They live in Dubai and run a shipping empire that is believed to neatly circumvent US sanctions.

They dress to kill, while their fathers actually kill — in Iran. An estimated 30,000 unarmed Iranian have been brutally slaughtered by a regime fanatical to hold on to power.

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