Iranian elite forced to deny handing lucrative state jobs to their children as unrest grows

Iranian elite forced to deny handing lucrative state jobs to their children as unrest grows

As Iranians brace themselves for the effect of the latest US sanctions, a new social media campaign has been launched asking officials to disclose their wealth and how their relatives might have benefitted from their support for the regime.

The hashtag #where_is_your_kid? began trending on Twitter last week following news reports that some politicians’ children were apparently being promoted to top state jobs despite a lack of experience and enjoying luxury lifestyles with their inflated wages.

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The campaign gathered steam after the circulation of photos of the extravagant wedding of Mohsen Muradian, the son of Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, to Iranian model and designer Anashid Hosseini, which…

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