Financial Risk:
Critical
Score:
14/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
50/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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There is a formal process for asset disposal. It’s set down in the Law Establishing the Organisation of the Collection and Selling Property to…
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Planned disposals are published on the Organisation for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran (OCSSPI) website [1]. Information published, including specific details…
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It seems the results are not made available to the public, but the price of each item sold is advertised in advance on the…
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Q25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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There is no evidence that asset disposals are scrutinised by an oversight body. According to Reuters, in 2008, Parliament reportedly amended its bylaws to…
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This indicator is marked Not Applicable, as there is no evidence that asset disposals are scrutinised by an oversight body. According to Reuters, in…
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This indicator is marked Not Applicable, as there is no evidence that asset disposals are scrutinised by an oversight body. According to Reuters, in…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The percentage is not available to the public. No detailed information on expenses and procurement is provided in the budget [1, 2]. Only summary…
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Q27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Although the legislature can look at classified information, it is unknown if it is provided with information on spending on secret items. No secret…
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Q28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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A summary of the annual audit report, compiled by the Supreme Audit Court, is presented to Parliament [1]. However, there is no indication that…
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This indicator is marked Not Applicable, as there is no indication that legislators are provided with an audit reports on secret items [1, 2].
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Q29
8/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Off-budget military spending is permitted. According to Chandler, “First in terms of the pitfalls, the budget that is put together and published is often…
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For the upcoming financial year, off-budget military expenditures were not recorded in the budget.
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There is off-budget military expenditure, as well as illicit economic activity [1], but an explicit link between the two has not been found. For…
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Q30
25/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Iran has a Publication and Free Access to Information Act; however, the publication of information on organs under the supervision of the supreme leader,…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There is a 1975 bylaw on the classification of documents. It has four levels…
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The Publication and Free Access to Information Act was only enacted in 2017 [1]. So far, there is no known instance of the public…
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Q31
25/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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Q32
25/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
25/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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The government does not outlaw state enterprise under the umbrella of the state’s defence and security institutions, though the current government is discouraging it…
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The government openly operates private enterprises. It is not unauthorised per se. Major sectors of the economy are captured [1]. According to Bjian Khadjepour,…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. The only information available to the public relates to that presented…
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This indicator is marked Not Applicable, as reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. The only information available…
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This indicator is marked Not Applicable, as reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. The only information available…
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This indicator is marked Not Applicable, as reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. The only information available…
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