Iranian multibillionaire, Babak Zanjani, and two colleagues
have been sentenced to death for fraud.
Iranian Attorney-General, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’I, said
on Sunday in Teheran that Mr. Zanjani was accused of secretly selling Iranian
oil as part of a criminal gang during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
2005-2013, and embezzling billions in profits.
He said President Hassan Rowhani had stepped up
investigations against corrupt gangs, including the arrest and trial of
41-year-old Mr. Zanjani.
Mr. Mohseni-Eje’I said during the court proceedings, members
of Ahmadinejad’s former cabinet were mentioned several times as potentially
being involved in the scandal.
“Zanjani was also blacklisted in the U.S. after he breached
international sanctions against Iran by selling oil.
The economic sanctions imposed on Iran over the last decade
for its nuclear programme were lifted in mid-January.
This was because Tehran scaled down its nuclear programme
and fulfilled its obligations under a July nuclear deal with six world powers.
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