Tasnim � Iranian President Hassan Rouhani�s brother, Hossein Fereydoun, was sent to prison on Wednesday to serve his sentence for bribery.

Fereydoun, a former diplomat, has been found guilty of bribery and sentenced to five years in prison.

According to Iranian Judiciary�s Deputy Chief and Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, Fereydoun had initially been sentenced to 7 years in prison, but his sentence was commuted to five years.

He has also been ordered to pay a hefty fine as well as over 310 billion rials in bribery settlement.