4,000 Children of Iranian Regime Officials Living Abroad

Saqaiyan-Nezhad himself studied in the U.S. both before and after the 1979 revolution. Reports were published on social media alleging that all six children of the mayor reside abroad; some in the United States and some in Germany. Conservative and hardliner politicians have raised the issue of influential people sending their family members to live abroad, while they benefit from the Islamic Republic system.