[Marxism] Iran plans privatizing oil refineries, setback to anti-imperialism

[nada <dwaltersMIA@xxxxxxxxx>]

The limits of Iran's reactionary regime placed into the cross-hairs of 
U.S. imperialism's gun sights are showing more signs of stress, 
resulting in a further weakening of the Iranian nation.

In response to overall decrepitness of the Iranian capitalist economy, 
the government there is poised to further set back the people of Iran by 
opening up Iran's weakening and  oil refinery capacity to private 
capital. This will only weaken the capacity of the Iranian working class 
to fight imperialism. One has to wonder if Iran's stated objective to 
warm up to the US via negotiations is motivated to free up international 
capital for a "economic recolonization" effort?

--David

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=91018&sectionid=3510213

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:57:32 GMT
Iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, unveils an economic plan 
to privatize its oil refineries in line with its privatization scheme.

The Oil Ministry and the Iran Privatization Organization (IPO) are in 
talks to reach an agreement on transferring the shares of the refineries 
to the private sector, said Minolta Eskandari, a director at the 
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company.

Article 44 of the Iranian Constitution stipulates that the country's 
economic system shall be based on public, cooperative and private sectors.

All large-scale industries, mother industries, foreign trade, large 
mines, banking, insurance, power supply, dams and large irrigation 
channels, radio and television, post, telegraph and telephone, aviation, 
shipping, roads, rails, refineries and the like are public property and 
under the guidance of the government.

A 2004 amendment to the Article, however, has set in motion a ten-year 
plan to privatize eighty percent of Iran's state-owned assets.


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