Some of Iran’s richest residents fled to Turkey so they could party while back home their country’s oppressive government was slaughtering thousands of residents as anti-government protests raged.
The well-heeled unimpeded by the economic crisis that first sparked the national outrage have taken shelter in Van, a Turkish province just over 60 miles away from Iran’s border. Reporters with The Telegraph observed “elite Iranians gathering” in a nightclub.
“These people benefit from the regime. They left Iran for now, because they were worried about staying there. Here, they can feel safe,” one Iranian at the club told the outlet.
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“They have made a lot of money from their businesses in Iran, and then they come here to spend it,” he added.
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