In line with this contract, the Municipality of Mashhad apparently paid 3,364 billion rials in cash from the place of bonds and the budget of its Economic Deputy, and committed to bartering Mehr properties (1, 2, and 3 with an area of more than 12,000 square meters) and 10,000 billion rials of construction permits
Mr. Momeni, Minister of Interior
Mr. Jahangir, Head of the State Inspectorate Organization
Mr. Hemmatifar, Prosecutor General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Mashhad
Greetings,
Based on reliable financial documents and official correspondence, the contract for the supply of the bus fleet was sent by letter No. 21/1403/33812 dated 17 Ordibehesht 1403 (May 6, 2024) from the Mayor of Mashhad, Mohammad Reza Qalandar Sharif, to the company "Namik Ran Khodro Rad," and subsequently, according to the contract summary table, was fixed at 300 buses with a total value of 31,950 billion rials (nearly 3.2 trillion tomans).
In line with this contract, the Municipality of Mashhad apparently paid 3,364 billion rials in cash from the place of bonds and the budget of its Economic Deputy, and committed to bartering Mehr properties (1, 2, and 3 with an area of more than 12,000 square meters) and 10,000 billion rials of construction permits.
Apparently, these credits were settled and committed under conditions where the contractor, in violation of legal conditions, faced a glaring shortfall in guarantees amounting to 23,953 billion rials, and deposited no guarantee for the non-cash portion.
In the area of fleet delivery, instead of fulfilling its obligations, the contracting party merely, through settlement deed No. 21/258123 dated 27 Bahman 1403 (February 15, 2025), transferred the rights to 33 Parsin buses belonging to the company "Oqab Afshan" to the municipality and transferred the financial burden and executive obligations to the urban management, without the main obligation of supplying the entire fleet being fulfilled.
The repeated negligence of the contractor and the failure to return funds and properties led to the issuance of a supervisory warning by the Head of the Islamic City Council of Mashhad (letter No. 62/1405/146236 dated 1 Mehr 1405 (September 23, 2026)) in 6 clauses, in which emphasis was placed on the collection of guarantees (Clause 4 of Article 8), determination of force majeure (Article 13), and setting a deadline for termination (Article 11).
The important and warning point in Clause 6 of this directive is the necessity of calculating the difference between the contract rate and the current market price; because with the near threefold jump in bus prices compared to the time of contract conclusion, the initial meager guarantees (3,003 billion rials) do not cover the damages incurred in any way. Therefore, any simple termination of the contract without obtaining current damages and supplementary guarantees will practically provide the means for the obligor to be released from obligations and to hand over the buses at free market day rates, and will be an instance of definitive waste of public resources and embezzlement of public property amounting to thousands of billions of rials.
Now, a question:
The note refers to related documents, but I have not yet published any document; will you issue an order for investigation and inquiry?
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