Al Arabiya, 18 September 2017 – A video has surfaced after being shared by Iranian social media users showing an angry group of people attacking and breaking into Cleric Hassan Abutrabi, the Iranian supreme leader’s representative, and preacher, in Borujerd city.
The reason behind the attack was Abutrabi’s involvement in cases of corruption and taking the people’s money, according to various Iranian news sites.
Demonstrations and rallies against government-linked financial institutions persist in various Iranian provinces and cities after they first erupted months ago. The demonstrations also seek to express the people’s dismay towards the Revolutionary Guards embezzlement and taking their money.
The money in question was originally deposited by the people to earn interest through the banks. However, the concerned institutions later declared bankruptcy and closed due to their inability to repay the owners.
The video depicts people attacking Abutrabi’s office.
The protestors can also be heard chanting against Abutrabi.
Iranian activists linked the incident to the rise in the number of frustrated people disgusted of corruption among the clerical establishment. This is due to the latter being involved in corruption, and occupying positions of power, wealth,
Earlier this year, in the month of June a similar incident happened where a young man attacked a cleric at a Tehran metro station. That cleric was trying to molest a young woman under the cover of “Promotion of virtue and prevention of vice”. The man was later shot dead instantly by plain clothing security forces.