Iran court tries 13 in $7 billion petrochemical fraud case: Mehr
Bloomberg | Golnar Motevalli: The trial has started in an Iranian court for 13 petrochemical industry executives charged with embezzling 6.6 billion euros…
Tag Archives: Economic corruption
Intelligence forces dismantle corruption ring
MNA – Intelligence forces in Kurdistan province have dismantled a criminal ring involved in taking advantage of government’s foreign currency reserves, according…
Iran oil minister summoned to parliament over Total corruption case
Tasnim – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has been summoned to the parliament to explain about several issues, including a recent…
As economy withers, Iran imposes harsh crackdown on fraud
The Wall Street Journal | Asa Fitch: As its economy buckles, Iran is zealously cracking down on financial fraud. Central to its…
Iran busts network involved in banking, currency fraud
Tasnim – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry arrested members of a major network that had swindled the country’s banks out of millions of euros…
Commander: Iran police tough on economic corruption
Tasnim – Iran’s Police commander highlighted the tough line that his forces have taken with wrongdoers over economic crimes, saying the number…
Iran judiciary upholds another death sentence for economic corruption
Al-Monitor – In an attempt to address economic issues and root out corruption, Iran’s judiciary has handed out another death sentence and…
VP: Combating money laundering needs improving domestic financial system first
MNA – Laya Joneydi Vice President for Legal Affairs said that laws of Confronting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing help country improve…
Iran convicts 10 more on economic corruption charges
Tasnim – Iranian special courts for economic crimes have handed down prison sentences against 10 more men, including an Afghan national, for…
Iranian economic corruptor death sentence approved
IRNA – Iran’s judiciary spokesman announced that the death sentence of Hamid Baqeri Darmani was approved by the Supreme Court for bribery…
Trial of 5 economic disrupters commence
IRNA – The first open trial session of five economic disrupters accused of disturbing the foreign currency system of the country began…
Iran condemns ‘Sultan of Coins’ to death for economic crimes
AFP — A court in Iran sentenced to death a financial trader known as the “Sultan of Coins” on Sunday, along with…
Iran sentences three to death for economic crimes: state TV
Reuters – Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death, state television reported on…
Ex-CBI chief under investigation over corruption case: Judiciary
Tasnim – The Iranian Judiciary is investigating the former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) over recent economic corruption cases,…
Why Iran must legislate away rampant corruption
Al-Monitor | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Whether it is the lavish spending of well-connected elites or the nepotism evident in state institutions, there seems…
Hearing session of trial for people accused of misusing Forex market begins
IRNA – The hearing session of trial for 13 people charged with importing mobile phones with official exchange rate but selling them…
Trial of economic disruptors, corrupts to be held on Sun.
MNA – A major court session to address the recent disruptions in Iranian markets of gold and currency will be held on…
Iran puts economic corruption defendants on public trial
Tasnim – The first public court trial of individuals involved in major economic corruption cases in Iran was held on Saturday, with…
Iran prosecutor warns ministers: no one is immune in anti-corruption probe
Al-Monitor – With Iran facing more US sanctions and a battered currency, the judiciary is charging aggressively into an anti-corruption probe in…
Fight against corruption seriously to continue: Iran prosecutor-general
MNA – Iran Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jaffar Montazeri has said that the judiciary will intensify tackling corruption, adding that if need be, top…
Iran Intelligence Ministry stresses fighting corruption
IRNA – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in a statement released on Sunday underlined fighting corruption in line with the Supreme Leader’s order. Accelerating…
The interest group economics wreaking havoc on Iran’s currency
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: While the Iranian rial has appreciated in recent days, its drop in value of more than 50% since March…
Punishment of convicts of economic corruption must be carried out urgently and justly
Khamenei.ir – In response to a letter by Head of the Judiciary Branch, seeking permission to take especial measures in order to…
Iranian MPs draft motion to set up anti-corruption organization
Tasnim – The Iranian Parliament’s Judicial and Legal Commission has drafted a motion to found an organization for countering economic corruption and…
Parliament to pass bill against economic corruption
MNA – An Iranian Member of Parliament recounted that the parliament is going to ratify a new bill to set up a…
Leader urges Rouhani to crack down on corruption
MNA – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on President Rouhani to adopt more serious measures in fight against…
Tehran court lifts curtain on widespread corruption at bankrupted lender
Al-Monitor – Proceedings against the key suspects involved in one of the biggest ever fraud cases in Iran’s history have disclosed fresh…
Ministry of Intelligence’s duties include combat against economic corruption
ISNA – The minister, managers and officials of the Ministry of Intelligence met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei…
How do Iran’s ‘corrupt networks’ operate?
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: On Jan. 28, at an event celebrating 50 years of capital markets in Iran, the head of the…
How Rouhani can combat corruption in Iran’s budget
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: A full appreciation of the root causes of the recent protests in Iran requires deep and concise analysis…
Presidential candidate: Next government to be anti-corruption
IRNA – Presidential Candidate Eshaq Jahangiri, says the government he hopes to establish is going to be an anti-corruption government. There will…
Prosecutor-General: Banks ‘safe haven for corruption of cronies’
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Tehran Prosecutor General has said strict supervision over banking activities would prevent unnoticed corruptions and shed some…
Police: Case of fugitive Iranian banker still pending
Tehran, Oct 13, IRNA — Head of the Interpol Office of the Iranian Law Enforcement Force Brigadier General Massoud Rezvani underlined that…
Corruption scandal hits Tehran City Council
According to an Iranian news outlets, Tehran’s City Council is caught up in a corruption scandal involving Tehran real estate. Memari News reported…
Jahangiri: Dark points of Zanjani case should be known
TEHRAN, Aug 24 (Shana) – The First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that The First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Tuesday…
Veep: Iranian establishment decisive to deal with Zanjani case
TEHRAN, Aug 16 (Shana) – The First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran establishment is decisive…
Ejeie: Zanjani not yet depositing any cash
TEHRAN, July 26 (Shana) – Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei says oil tycoon Babak Zanjani has not deposited any cash in Judiciary…
Min. of Econ. offers apologies over salaries bill scandal
TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) – An offer of apologies to the public has ultimately come from one of Rouhani’s ministers, Mr. Tayebnia…
The downfall of two Iranian tycoons
TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian tycoons Babak Zanjani and Reza Zarrab are now both finding themselves in dire straits. Zanjani, one of the most…
Pres. Rouhani: ‘E-government’ one way to fight corruption
TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Mon. making things more transparent in cyberspace is one way to uproot…