According to an Iranian news outlets, Tehran�s City Council is caught up in a corruption scandal involving Tehran real estate.�Memari News reported Aug.�27�that it had acquired documents showing that 1,100,000 square meters of government-owned property, including apartments and villas, had ended up in the possession of�various individuals, including government officials, sometimes sold at a 50% discount.

According to the article,�the names of the individuals and the specific�properties�involved were�leaked in a document from the General Inspection Office, which is linked to the judiciary.�The General Inspection Office had reportedly written a letter to the mayor�s office and the Tehran City Council about the matter. Municipal officials and city council members were reportedly among the 250 individuals whose names appeared�in the document.

Memari News reported that it is up to the General Inspection Office to determine whether laws have been�broken. The article argued, however, that even if the General Inspection Office determines that no laws were broken, given the housing crisis in Tehran, the seven�members of the city council must ask themselves, �With what moral and civil justifications can they give themselves these concessions?�
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This article was written by Arash Karami for Al-Monitor on Aug. 29, 2016. Arash Karami covers Iranian media for Al-Monitor.