Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Turkish-Iranian business tycoon Reza Zarrabs testimony in a US court has received extensive coverage in Iranian media; however, this coverage doesnt stem from his real charge in the United States, which is bypassing the sanctions against Tehran, but rather because he has been linked to a controversial billionaire tycoon ...

Middle East Monitor- Iran has ordered billionaire businessman Babak Zanjani to be executed for corruption, sources in the judiciary said. In 2016, the Supreme Court of Iran upheld the death sentence against Zanjani who worked as a broker selling Iranian oil through Revolutionary Guards companies during the period of international sanctions, especially ...

Tehran Times- Commander of the Interpol Office of the Iranian Police has reported that a major player involved in the oil corruption case has been arrested and extradited to Iran by the Interpol, IRNA reported. The aforementioned person was tracked and arrested in one of the countries in Central America, and was handed over to [Irans] judicial authorities,...

MNA Cabinet spokesperson has said execution of Babak Zanjani would leave endless questions by the public unanswered.Mr. Mohammad Baqir Nowbakht was responding briefly question by the Parliamentary correspondents of the press when he was leaving Cabinets meeting with Parliament on Tuesday and criticized the general attitude by the Judiciary on Zanjanis ...

The death sentence of Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani can be commuted if he cooperates by returning the money he is accused of embezzling from the state, Justice Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi said. Whenever we see the money back in our bank account, we will say that he has cooperated, Pour Mohammadi said, according to a report Tuesday by the ...

Iranian billionaire businessman Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, justice officials say. He was arrested in December 2013 after accusations that he withheld billions in oil revenue channelled through his companies. He denies the allegations. Zanjani was convicted of fraud and economic crimes, a judiciary spokesperson said ...

Tehran, Dec 6, IRNA The 18th session of oil billionaire Babak Zanjani court hearing opened here on Sunday. During the session, the 2nd and 3rd defendants offered defense to the court. Presiding judge, Abolqasem Salavati, judged today session like the previous ones. Salavati has urged Zanjani to fully pay his debts to oil ministry which is ...

Tehran, Nov 16, IRNA The 11th court session of the oil billionaire, Babak Zanjani, and two other defendants wrapped up on Wednesday. The tenth court hearing was held on November 17. Presiding judge, Abolqasem Salavati, judged the today session like the previous ones. Some 15 pages of total 200 pages of Zanjani's defense document have not ...

TEHRAN As he stood trial for the 7th hearing, Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani claimed that he has 22 billion in cash. During the hearing, Judge Abolqasem Salavati called Deputy Chief Justice of Tehran Morteza Turak to the court to provide comments, Entekhab news website reported on Tuesday. Turak stated that Zanjani has not provided any name of ...

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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Warnings by President Rouhani and the IRGC commander to Saudi authorities over their behavior in the wake of the Mina tragedy dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers ...

The lawyer representing Babak Zanjani [a young billionaire who stands accused of massive corruption] has said that his client has sent letters to the president, MPs and members of parliaments Energy Committee detailing the services he has done [for the country] when Iran was grappling with sanctions. Rasoul Kouhpayehzadeh went on say that Zanjani ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A news conference of the Judiciary spokesman during which Mohseni Ejei touched on a number of issues including the cases involving Mehdi Hashemi and Babak Zanjani as ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Air pollution in the southwest and government efforts to settle the problem dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday. At attack on a Shiite mosque ...

[caption id="attachment_148624" align="alignright" width="163"] President Rouhani, center, addresses a conference on fighting corruption in Tehran.[/caption] Iran plans to set up a special tribunal to try cases of money laundering and embezzlement. Tehran Chief Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi says the judiciary has given the go-ahead to the establishment ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A visit by the Supreme Leader to the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini to pay respects to the architect of the Islamic Republic as the 36thanniversary of the Islamic ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Many Iranian dailies on Wednesday led on the comments of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in parliament that Iran seeks all sanctions to be lifted at the same time....

With the government unwilling to probe Iranian links with alleged graft in Turkey, Turkeys opposition plans a trip to Tehran to investigate. Turkeys two biggest opposition parties plan to send separate delegations toIranto receive related documents over alleged relations between four former ministers of the Turkish Cabinet, Iranian-origin businessmen ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A meeting in Tehran on ways of promoting healthy administrative strategies and countering corruption and the message the Supreme Leader sent to the meeting, which was ...

Irans Minister of Oil has accused the former administration of abuse of power and the promotion of corruption. He added that under the former administrations watch, Babak Zanjani, the Iranian tycoon now in custody on embezzlement charges, managed to receive 2.7 billion dollars thought a fake bank with the collaboration of a number of ministers and ...