IRGC intelligence ‘Brings Back’ fugitive who owes $400 million to Iran banks
Radio Farda – The spokesman of Iran’s Judiciary says a major “debtor” to the government who had fled the country has been returned…
Tag Archives: Iran’s financial corruption
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…
Senior Iranian clerics ask Rouhani to fight corruption
Al-Monitor – As a third day of protests erupted across major Iranian cities over the country’s worsening economic situation, the clergy in…
Judiciary spox: 29 people arrested for ‘economic disruption’
MNA – Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said Sun. that twenty-nine people have been arrested on charges of ‘economic disruption’ and will be soon…
Iran arrests corrupt businessman before leaving the country
MNA – Previously convicted Iranian businessman Shahram Jazayeri has been arrested in a smuggled consignment by Iran’s Customs Administration police. According to…
Iran arrests top state managers as anti-corruption drive forges ahead
Al-Monitor – Several top managers at Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade have been put behind bars as the nation increasingly discovers…
Less corruption seen among women in senior roles
MNA – Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi believes employing women in managerial positions reduces corruption and embezzlement.…
President Rouhani vows to eradicate misuse of public funds
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has promised to root out “corruption in the country’s administrative and economic system.” The president made the remarks…
What Rouhani’s done to fight corruption
There has been a lot of talk in Iran about fighting administrative and financial corruption over the past decade. Yet, corruption has…
Where has THAT money come from?
Ali Akbar Torkan has said the law should make it hard for people, office holders in particular, to use dirty money and…
Torkan threatens to expose shady politicians
Tehran, March 9, IRNA – Top Presidential Advisor Akbar Torkan on Sunday threatened to expose politicians who plan to use ill-gotten wealth…
Iran politics soiled by ‘dirty money’: interior minister
Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Saturday political life in the Islamic Republic was tainted by “dirty money”, including from drugs,…
1st VP: Former government committed biggest financial frauds
Khorramabad, Feb 2, IRNA – First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Monday that that former government that had pledged to fight…
Ayatollah Jannati: Corruption should be fought
Tehran, Jan 30, IRNA – Tehran Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called for further efforts to fight widespread corruption in…
Iran ex-veep hits back at Ahmadinejad following court verdict
A former Iranian vice president has hit back at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for not supporting his ex-deputy in a corruption case against him. Earlier this…
Jahangiri: Corruption could not be fought from behind the doors
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – Iran’s first vice president has said government believes fighting corruption would not be possible from behind the…
Iran daily: Rouhani attacked over “corruption” & revolutionary guards
Iran’s regime hardliners continued their attack on President Rouhani on Saturday, targeting his remarks about “corruption” and the Revolutionary Guards. At a…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 9
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has…
Iran news round up – December 8, 2014
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst…
Monopoly causes corruption: Rouhani
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – President Rouhani has called on all administrators in Iran to take decisive measures in combating corruption in…
Leader urges firm decisions to fight corruption
Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Monday urged Iranian authorities to make…
Iran’s president criticizes widenning corruption
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is criticizing widening corruption in his country in unusually blunt terms, saying money once…