POLITICS

Useless Aide

Mr. Bagherzadeh wake up! This regime is not reformable. The outstanding characteristics of this regime stand against any reform or progress of Iran. No matter if your advice cab be stolen or fairly recognized or even if you become an aide to this or another IRI's President, you cannot help the IRI,"Iran". The IRI is an incurable cancer and we will see the gradual mortal process of our country even if you are promoted into a useless aide to this regime.

darius87

Well, if you had read my proposal (not detailed but referneced here //members.lycos.co.uk/hzadeh/Tarh-e-naft.pdf) you could have seen that it has nothing to do with Regan Economic philosophies or the US plan for Iraqi oil as covered by Klein. 

Ahmadinejad has brought oil

Ahmadinejad has brought oil to the people's table. That is why you have inflation.

The fundamental idea that you distribute the money to individuals and that somehow improves everyone's life is a fallacy.

Resources has to be owned by the government but there has to be open and transparent accounting.

The author seems to believe in Regan Economic philosophies which the magnitude of its disast er are becoming more and more evident. Thankfully, they are being revered in US.

Incidentally, US plan for Iraqi oil was along the similar line of the author's ideas. They are covered nicely in paper by Naomi Klein called "Baghdad Year Zero" : //www.harpers.org/archive/2004/09/0080197

And her book. The Shock Doctrine. //www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine

If you are really interested in economic future of Iran read about ramification of the similar economic policies else where.

Resources are being looted today...

It is not only the oil, it is all natural resources of the country which are being looted by the mullas. Mulla-zadehs borrow from national banks, buy mines, extract the resource with the help of foreign entities, mostly chinese, sell the resource cheaply to foreign entities, and pocket the profits.

The problem is that we do NOT have a government that would CARE for the country and her people. There are lots of honest nationalist people in iran, but NONE are ever allowed to make a decision; thugs simply will NOT allow the natural resources to fall in the hands of any nationalist and rob the thugs of what does not belong to them.

If and when a caring government rules iran, which I am not optimistic to see in our life time, all natural resources should be nationalized and its income be spent for future of iran. The day-to-day running of the country should not depend on such income as it one day depletes.

It is not realistic however to disengage from oil income over-night for running of the country, but it must be done gradually. I would like the income from all natural resources to be deposited into an account to pay for training of the most vulnerable that future of iran depends on: the children of iran. What if we start by depositing arithmetically increasing fraction of the revenue in consecutive years (1% first year, then 2% next year, then 3% the following year, ... finally 100%) to be spent ONLY for education and feeding of iranian children from birth to end of education years (university level maximum). I believe Norway implements a variation of this scheme.

This has a lot of benefits: it is the best investment in future of the country, it diminished poverty of the most vulnerable, its brings the source of corruption out of the hands of thugs and greedy, and it forces the government to run on collected taxes and therefore be responsible towards the tax-payers. Also paying hand-outs to people who can work is not wise as it makes them lazy and dependent on a depleting resource. No payment should be made to anyone who is able to work.

Resources of iran ONLY belongs to iranian children. It is a crime to be spent to fill personal bank accounts (as in commissions received by government officials today) or to pursue unholy international objectives (as in arab causes and freedom for Qods).

is the author not connected

is the author not connected to MKO? i thought i had heard the name before.

so maybe ashraf can be oil field owner. this is a way they cause disturbance

in fact what author is saying is partly the opposite of what mosaddegh did.

so the akhond in picture wants more hajis to control the oil so they can go to saudi arabia more often.
i would say sorry haji, no way.

اتحاد و عدالت

 تا مادامیکه  عدالت و انسانیت و مردمی شدن هدفها پیاده نشود  کار از این بهتر نخواهد شد  و تا مادامیکه خود خواهی و خود نگری و دزدی و فساد در جهان بر چیده نشود این کاسه شکسته نخواهد شد.  تا زمانیکه ظلم از دنیا محو نگردد و سیستم بمن چه بمن چه نابود نشود وضع همین است.  وسایل ارتباط جمعی که  در اختیار غارتگران بین المللی است  هر آنچه بخواهد به مردم زورچپان خواهد کرد.  زیرا میتواند دیوانه ای را بعنوان   دانشمند و فیلسوف به مردم عادی غالب کنند.  با شست شوی مغزی و با دامن زدن به اختلافات دینی مذهبی و نژادی و  ملییتی و قومی همه گروه ها را بر علیه گروه دیگر بشورانند و انرژی های مردم را بهدر دهند.  تنها راه داهایی دانش و تولید و سازش علمی است و پرهیز از حمله به عقاید دیگران است وتفتیش افکار دیگران  بلکه احترام به عقاید دیگران و برخورد علمی همراه با دوستی با آن اگر آن عقاید به نظر ما درست نیست وگرنه با زور و فحش که نمیشود عقیده کسی را عوض کرد.  .  بافحش و ناسزا و با توهین و کشتار  و با تحریک زورمندان و صاحبان  غارتگر د زدان  بین المللی  کار بجایی نخواهد رسید.  زیرا سمتگران از اتحاد و برنامه ریزی استفاده میکنند و باداشتن پول و در اختیار داشتن وسایل ارتباط جمعی حتی میتوانند روز را شب جلوه دهند.   امیر

Hossein Chavez-Zadeh

quote (open democracy)
...Venezuela is among the countries most vulnerable to the current global economic downturn. The reason is straightforward. Venezuela is overwhelmingly dependent on oil for both its exports and fiscal revenues - and oil prices have fallen steeply since their peak in mid-2008. Moreover, Venezuela's non-oil exports do not amount to much and cannot offset declines in the oil sector except perhaps in the very long run. George Philip is professor and reader in Latin American politics at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Democracy in Latin America: Surviving Conflict and Crisis (Polity, 2003)

If that were not enough, Venezuela's oil production has fallen since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999; this leaves the economy more and more dependent on higher and higher oil prices. The Venezuelan leader may appear to be riding high after his referendum victory of 15 February 2009 lifting presidential term-limits; but longer-term trends present serious difficulties to his model of "21st-century socialism". As the logic of economic decline starts to play out, what are his options in avoiding an anti-climactic end, etc etc

Parliament Ready to Approve Budget Item! Iran's oil !

همچنین بر اساس گزارش آینده روشن، در بودجه 88 طبق
پیشنهاد کمیسیون اجتماعی مبلغ 30 میلیارد ریال برای جذب آموزش و اعزام مبلغان در مقابله با فعالیت‌های شیطان‌پرستی، صوفی‌گری و بهاییت و مواردی از این دست در نظر گرفته شده است.

طبق گزارش کمیسیون تلفیق؛ بودجه اختصاص یافته برای مقابله با فعالیت‌های شیطان‌پرستی، صوفی‌گری و بهاییت از محل معاونت علمی و فناوری ریاست جمهوری کسر و به دفتر تبلیغات اسلامی حوزه علمیه اضافه می شود.

//www.bfnews.ir/vdchinkjldiljknlnglggfmhjfdgp...

ESOP, but better?!

Dear negarandeh, years ago the concept of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) were introduced in the US and sold as the best thing after mother's milk and apple pie to improve the productivity and profitability of business enterprises by giving an ownership stake to the employees.

You are arguing your plan will help "democratize" the oil industry. I have no doubt your plan will do this IN PRINCIPLE, although the nationalization of the oil industry and put it in the hands of the Iranian government was supposed to achieve the same goal. Theoretically it sounds all good and fair.

My argument is that it does not make any difference at this juncture whether the oil industry is in the hands of the government of its shares are owned directly by the people. The problems, as another forum participant alluded to, are who will run and manage the industry, and whether the people in charge will be chosen based on their technical and professional merits or based on their loyalty to the ruling mollahs. I hope you are aware that ESOPs did not prevent bad managers to drive the companies that adopted that scheme into the ground, nor did ESOPs prevent layoffs.

Therefore you may be proud of yourself to see another sleaze bag politician has taken up your cause, but as far as the Iranian people are concerned the results are going to be just the same. The only remedy is to adopt a regime of mertocracy for all public and private enterprises. All else are cheap gimmicks.

بعله همان گونه

بعله همان گونه که از خیلی قبلنترها خدمت فضول شماها
زیر ماشین رفته ها گفته بودم از روز جلوس گ**ی - اسلامی -
کمونیستی خمینی بی سواد شیاد بیشرف دهاتی حرامزاده
بر اریکه قدرت در ایران ٬
تمامی ثروت و پول نفت ما را روی کرسی جماران ریخته و هر
ملائی مشتی زیر عبا زد و با بوسیدن دست آقا !!!!! عقب
عقب رفت و برگشت سر ماموریت اساسی دولتی خود !!!!!
و بالطبع بعد از لاشه شدن خمینی این ماموریت به بیت چلاق
یکدست نقل مکان کرده و پولها روی کرسی بیت این مادرج**ه
شیره ای یکدست قاتل و جانی ریخته شد و واویلا از بخور بخور
و بچاپ بچاپ

البته ظاهرا گویا اینان یک مرکز نمایشی کنترل پولهای ما به نام
دیوان اداری راه انداخته بوده اند و مشتی گند و **ه طلبه را هم
روی آن جاکاری!!!!! کرده بوده اند

الانه فقط و فقط و فقط ...........کفگیر به ته دیگ خورده و روی
کرسی پولی نمانده است و بالطبع مفت خوران از هر دو بخش
به جان هم افتاده اند

یعنی لاریجانی دهاتی مال مردم خور قاتل مردم ایران به دکتر
حمقی دهاتی تر دلاک سر بینه حمام ارادان میگه :

بابا ........حداقل حرمت این ریش گ**هی سفید دیوان مالی را
کمی نگه میداشتی و خزانه را عین و**ن ملاها پاک نمیکردی ؟

دعواهای مشتی چاقوکش سرگردنه گیر جانی و مردم ایرانکش
اسلامی کنونی به هیچکس الا خودشون ربطی ندارد

چرا ؟

زیرا همگی ژاکوبن های اسلامی هستند

Ensaanam Arezoost...

Az deevo DAD maloolamo ensaanam arezoost...

In similar line also regarding the green space and the woods and the forest, the canadian role model should be followed...(fundamentally a role model for world to emulate) that is once a tree is cut (e.g., lumber industry) and baby starter tree is automaticly put in place making absolutely sure even for one centemeter the land developers will not be allowed to assualt in an invasion to turn forestary to the residential units --this national treasure to the home of roaring lions and singing birds...

Do yu hear me!?

Death!

Oath: Ghasam!

...Instead the Iranian people must go under this collective oath and pledge that work hard toward self sustainbale development somewhat similar to Imperial Japan by minimizing its long over due addiction to oil and gas revenue...

Death!

Interesting!

The Iranian economy, much like all other aspects of Iranian regime, is run by people who ar at best mediocre at what they do. All the pressure to get non-conforming specialists out of all administrative and advisory positions over the past 30 years have delivered IRI into a state of ignorance about the world, where the wrong decisions are made, the wrong words are said, and thus Iran has been rendered rogue and at odds with international norms and practices. Repeated ignorant government jargon and poor decisions are only some of what this mediocrity has brought Iran. I would not be surprised if a non-conformist's good ideas are stolen and delivered at a moment of dire emergency in Iran, because none of the conformists seem to have any solutions anymore.