On Sunday (6), one of the most well-known tycoons Iranian was sentenced to death for corruption related to oil sales during the government of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Babak Zanjani and two businessmen, as well as money laundering, are also accused of forgery and fraud, state local television.
"The court recognized the three defendants as 'corrupt the earth'," said Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi, official spokesman of the Iranian state. The term "corrupt on earth" is used in the region for all those who commit great crimes impact to society and are then punishable by death. In this case, the verdict came after five months of investigation.
The site also iranwatch.org Zanjani called the "nuclear proliferation and development of nuclear weapon delivery systems in Iran" activities, and "assist the government of Tehran to filter money to activities sanctioned the country." Prosecutors claim that the country Zanjani retained billions of dollars of oil revenues through its companies.
Another local news site also identified the two members of the tycoon. One of them is the British-Iranian businessman Mahdi Shams, who has been detained in 2015, and the other, Hamid Fallah Heravi, a retired businessman. Zanjani was arrested in 2013 during a crackdown on corruption during the Ahmadinejad government. Local oil ministry says Zanjani took care of about € 2 billion industry in the name of their rulers.
The condemned to death is one of the richest businessmen in Iran and has a fortune estimated at $ 14 billion. But regardless, he was arrested so that Hassan Rohani elections finished and broke government tradition that has been around for eight years. In a BBC interview in 2013, Zanjani said it was not a political person, but business.
Iran has not left lighter punishment even to the richest citizens of the country. In 2014, the billionaire businessman, Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also was sentenced to the same punishment, being accused of corruption.
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