Top Ahmadinejad aide indicted amid Iran graft case
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s top aide has been indicted, apparently in connection with allegations of corruption in the previous administration, Iranian…
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Iran to send a delegation to Turkey to look into Zarrab, Zanjani links
Iran is to send a judicial delegation to Turkey in search of the overseas assets of arrested Iranian businessman, Babak Zanjani, an…
Iran sends team abroad to examine Zanjani’s assets
An Iranian parliamentarian says the country has sent judicial teams to certain countries to determine the value of the overseas assets of…
Oil minister reveals extent of financial frauds
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has written on his Facebook page that his ministry has been dealing with financials frauds totaling more than…
Arrest of billionaire highlights political divisions in Iran
(Reuters) – While international sanctions have made life a struggle for many Iranians, they were a big break for businessman Babak Zanjani,…
Tycoon’s huge debt to oil ministry causes worry
Iran’s oil minister has reiterated concerns that Babak Zanjani, the Iranian tycoon who is currently under arrest on suspicion of financial fraud,…
Iran news round up January 7, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project’s Iran…
Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani ‘arrested’
The billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani has been arrested, state media report. In September, Iran’s parliament began investigating his business dealings after…
Breaking: Iran arrested billionaire Zanjani over corruption
The Iran Project- A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary says Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani has been arrested over resent charges, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Tajik National Bank denies link with Iranian businessman
DUSHANBE — Tajikistan’s national bank has denied any cooperation with an Iranian businessman blacklisted by the United States. A bank spokesman, Abdugaffor…
Iran today: MPs accuse billionaire Zanjani of corruption
have accused Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani of corruption and called for an inquiry into his financial activities. The legislators made the request in…
Iran lawmakers accuse billionaire Zanjani of corruption
Twelve Iranian parliamentarians have accused Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani of corruption, calling for an inquiry into his financial activities, Press TV reports.…
Zanjani has not paid its debt
TEHRAN Dec 24 (Shana): Babak Zanjani has not yet paid back 2.06 billion Euros he owes to petroleum ministry. Speaking to IRNA, a…
Tajikistan: Where Iranian money takes a bath?
An Iranian entrepreneur who is the subject of US and EU sanctions for laundering oil money on behalf of Tehran is operating…
Iran to increase air fleet next year
Iran will add 39 aircrafts to its air fleet, owner of Qeshm Air Babak Zanjani told a local press. According to Zanjani,…
Iranian businessman sanguine about censure
ANKARA, April 12 (Reuters) – An Iranian businessman named by the United States and the European Union for breaching sanctions against Iran said on…
U.S. targets companies accused of evading Iran sanctions
(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday slapped financial penalties on an Iranian businessman, a Malaysian bank and a network of companies…
Iranian businessman denies EU sanctions-busting accusation
(Reuters) – An Iranian businessman named by the European Union for breaching sanctions against Irandenied any wrongdoing on Sunday, saying his bank and…