The opposition says the system has failed the people it was aimed at helping and created a class of crony businessmen dependent on the government.
Each time there is news of Hormuz joining the zone, says Ali, businessmen from Tehran and Isfahan come and buy land.
Around 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were imprisoned in a populist campaign against waste and corruption.
A judge in Buenos Aires has ordered the arrest of three Argentinian businessmen in connection with the Fifa corruption scandal, following a US extradition request.
His speech in Davos, however, was seen by some of the businessmen as designed to redress the balance.
Last night, businessmen and former diplomats joined the chorus of criticism, suggesting that the findings had not been promoted because they were inconvenient for the Tory party.
They had become what they never intended: businessmen distracted by meetings and conference calls and the demands of growth and unable to focus on what they believed in: social justice.
It concerns the relationship between the former Fine Gael TD from Tipperary and a number of leading businessmen in the republic – members of a so-called "golden circle" who made deals and earned millions thanks, in part, to their political connections.
Above all, suspicion remains that HS2 will be, to borrow a phrase from one ex-transport secretary, a rich man's toy: trains sparsely populated by businessmen whizzing blithely through the estates – council and country – of people who will never use it.
In Newtonards, for instance, the local commander of the UVF is currently involved in a campaign to extort thousands of pounds from small businessmen.
Several businessmen who attend Leader's Group events have received honours since the Conservatives came to power, with at least five entering the House of Lords.
