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Iran official: Revealing extent of corruption could cause 'social shock'

Gholamali Jafarzadeh has said that details of the Iranian Parliament's investigation into Ahmadinejad-era corruption would cause a "social shock" and harm the government if it is made public.
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A member of the Iranian Parliament’s special investigate committee has warned against public disclosure of the ongoing investigation into corruption under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration, saying that making the details of the violations public could harm the country and public trust, which he described as “under restoration.”

The “corruption is so big that we are scared it could cause social shock,” committee member Gholamali Jafarzadeh told Payam-e No May 3. “The dimensions of corruption in the cases at the investigation committee are so high that we are scared that if they become public it would cause trauma to the system,” he continued. The popular website Tabnak picked up the interview May 27, and the story went viral on Twitter and Facebook.

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