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Crisis and extreme poverty afflicting the Iranian people, but this did not discourage the regime from spending billions of dollars outside of Iran on militias in various parts of the Middle East.
Iran has spent nearly $ 20 billion on its militias in the Middle East, according to a rare statement by the deputy head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Ali Fadawi, made during an interview on state television.
Fadawi told the “Ofok” channel on September 26 that Iran had spent some $ 19.6 billion on the Iraq war (1980-1988).
Fadawi indicated that the cost of Iran’s regional policies, on matters such as proxy militias and military aid in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Yemen, was lower, without giving a specific figure.
The “Radio Farda” website indicated that the amount announced by the leaders of the Revolutionary Guard is much lower than the figures announced by other sources.
From 20 to 30 billion
Iranian Shura Council deputy Heshmatullah Falahat Bisha said last May that Iran could have spent $ 20-30 billion just on its involvement in the war in Syria.
These numbers cannot be verified due to the secrecy of most IRGC spending and because the Iranian regime does not disclose its budget to its regional representatives in the region.
The US State Department issued a report last September, highlighting the role Iran has played in destabilizing the Middle East, since clerics came to power in 1979.
The report says that the Iranian regime, since its establishment, has acted as a destabilizing force in the Middle East, inciting and igniting conflict in an attempt to assert itself as the dominant force in the region.
The report says that the Iranian regime has supported the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, providing it with nearly $ 5 billion through credit lines and more than $ 10 billion in direct financing since 2012.
The report indicated that Iran has deployed thousands of its elements to Syria, including the forces of the regular army and the Revolutionary Guard, as well as its administration to a group of militias fighting in Syria, whose membership numbers some 10,000 Shiites from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
