Amidst much fanfare, the government finally released the yearly budget to parliament a month late this week.

AyandeNews has an interesting report on the 58 nongovernmental organizations in this budget which are seeking millions of dollars of aid from the government (as you may know, by reading accounts of people like the Alaie brothers, NGOs which are actually doing some sort of useful job are banned, threatened and harassed, so it’s very surprising to see those numbers in the budget this year.)

… Surprising until you see the names behind the institutions. One such NGO, Ayandeyeh Roshan (Bright Future) is registered under Rahim Mashaie’s name and will be granted 1,200,000,000 Tomans (~$1,200,000). Imam Khomeini Educational Institution of Qom (overseen by MAD – Mesbah Yazdi) is tapped to be presented 10,000,000,000 Tomans ($10,000,000).

Below is a list of some of these organizations.