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| Babak Zanjani |
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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