November 28, 2009
Iranian regime-run news agency Fars reports: Gholam-Hossein Elham, official spokesman of the Iranian government announced that during the period of privatization, the Basij militia should do everything to take over factories and the industry sector in Iran. Elham who was speaking in a gathering of the Basij in Fereydounkenar county said: “Other than taking control of the factories and cornering industry, the Basij militia needs to assume the reigns of the nation’s economy and commerce; at a time like this, we must prevent our capital and trade from falling into the hands of monopolists and financial captains.
Translated from Persian to English by Planet Iran staff