Turbulent Tehran Municipality: Council members launch attack on mayor and accuse him of mismanagement that led to the municipality being forced to sell properties and land to pay salaries
Member of Tehran City Council, Habib Kashani, Attacks the mayor, Elirza Zakani, accusing him of that because of his failed management The municipality was forced to sell a building and a plot of land worth 16 trillion rials (about $ 55 million) to pay the salaries of its employees in June.
He said the Tehran municipality now faces a deficit of 60 trillion reals or about $ 200 million in the first two months of the Iranian year alone, which began on March 21.
Kashani claims in a report he wrote that the municipality will be forced to sell additional properties, including the rest area of the rest of the Uptab (Sun City) – which covers an area of 120,000 square meters – and the Amharic Communication Institute which publishes one of the largest national dailies in the Persian language. As well as dozens of other publications.
Kashani warned in the report that it will not be possible to implement the plans and projects of the municipality if no revenue is generated in this critical period of time.
Nasser Amani, another city council member, criticized the mayor’s performance, saying his annual report did not provide any details on the steps he had taken to overcome the difficult economic situation.