Mehdi Jazanfari, former head of the National Development Fund, says that in the last five years, governments have withdrawn about 30 to 35 billion dollars from the resources of this fund or reduced its share. The fund, which was supposed to preserve a portion of Iran's oil revenues for future generations, is now facing tens of billions of dollars in uncollected claims from the government and the national oil company. Mehdi Beighi, editor of Iran International, looks at what happened to the wealth of future generations in "Annex".

Mehdi Jazanfari, former head of the National Development Fund, says that in the last five years, governments have withdrawn about 30 to 35 billion dollars from the resources of this fund or reduced its share. The fund, which was supposed to preserve a portion of Iran's oil revenues for future generations, is now facing tens of billions of dollars in uncollected claims from the government and the national oil company. Mehdi Beighi, editor of Iran International, looks at what happened to the wealth of future generations in "Annex".