Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.14/ Trend F.Karimov/
The Central Bank of Iran has rejected claims of the French Les Echo Newspaper about applying a 20 per cent tax on bank accounts after the presidential election, the Fars News Agency reported, citing a statement by the bank's public relations department.
On Wednesday, an official from an opposition movement said Iran is bankrupt and the regime is mulling drastic measures to keep the economy afloat.
"I have decided to publish these documents because they touch the lives of all Iranians, bear witness to the catastrophic situation in the country as well as the post-election plot prepared by the regime," Amir Hossein Jahanshahi, founder of the Green Wave opposition group told reporters in Paris, AFP reported.
A document from Iran's Supreme National Security Council dated April 10 evoked a 20 per cent tax on bank accounts, food rations and putting the banking sector directly under the charge of the Guardians of the Revolution.
"The country is bankrupt," said Jahanshahi. "And the regime wants the people to pay although it created this situation by financing terrorist movements and trying to make a nuclear bomb.
"The sanctions are biting and the regime is on its knees," he said, adding that he had decided to publish these documents as none of the presidential candidates had adequately addressed the issue in their campaign.
Although most candidates have pointed the finger at the government, they have been hesitant to promise a rapid economic recovery.