There is some old advice that if you want to know what is going on, follow the money.  There isn't a lot that would qualify as legal evidence available in the news media, but there are hints here and there that money may indeed be playing a factor in the events unfolding in Iran.  When the speculation arose as to why Khamenei was so quick to declare Ahmadinejad the victor,  I recalled this from July 2007 by Amir Taheri about how Ahmadinejad was about to sell off Iran's "family jewels", key businesses that had been state owned.  No one knows how the businesses have been evaluated or who would be allowed to buy them. The suspicion is that highly profitable units would be transferred to elements from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and their bazaari partners organised in the so-called Islamic Coalition. The government's own banks will then provide the cash needed to buy the businesses.In April, 2007, Taheri had...(Read Full Post)