Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis 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 Judiciarys Deputy Chief and Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, Fereydoun had initially ...

Sputnik - Hossein Fereydoun is the younger brother and close aide of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani. He was involved in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. An Iranian court has sentenced President Rouhani's brother Hossein Fereydoun to five years in prison, Fars News Agency reported. The agency quoted Iran's ...

AP The trial has begun for Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis brother and close confidante, who faces corruption allegations brought by the countrys judiciary. The semi-official ISNA news agency reported that Hossein Fereidoun, who was on the team that negotiated Irans 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, went on trial Tuesday with four other ...

IFP- Irans top security official has underlined the need to constantly fight corruption, urging local media to accurately report proven cases of corruption at all levels. Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the need to constantly fight corruption as the key contributor to diminishing public trust in ...

Press TV - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan has resigned following a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified him from office over corruption charges. Sharifs office said on Friday that he was resigning shortly after the Supreme Court issued a verdict disqualifying him earlier in the day He is disqualified as a member of the parliament so ...

Press TV- An Iranian presidential candidate has criticized the existence of corruption in the country, stressing that the next president as the head of the administrationmust be at the forefront of the campaign against the scourge. The [Iranian] people are concerned about the reportspublished about administrative corruption. How long should the ...

Financial Tribune- Iran's score based on the Corruption Perceptions Index improved by two notches in 2016 with 29 out of 100, according to a report by global graft monitor Transparency International. Meanwhile the countrys ranking dropped by one place as it is now ranked 131 out of 176 countries. The CPI scale indicates that zero is perceived to ...

Thousands of the supporters of prominent Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have staged demonstrations across the country to demand what they call the containment of rampant corruption and the formation of a technocrat government. On Friday, protesters gathered at Tahrir (Liberation) Square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, to call for comprehensive ...

Prominent Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called upon Iraqi people to stage a two-day walkout along with a hunger strike in protest at what he callsPrime Minister Haider al-Abadis failure to properly fight against corruption and misappropriation of public funds. Sadr, in a statement released by his office on Friday, urged his supporters and government ...

* Iran paid $87 mln for Romanian rig to bypass sanctions * It was never delivered, prompting investigation * Case causes public stir, debated by parliament * Broker says he is targeted by interests in Tehran DUBAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Four years after Iran spent $87 million to buy an oil drilling rig that was never delivered, the broker ...

Thousands of people took to thestreets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, protesting against corruption and poor city services across the country. The protesters, who gathered in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday, waved Iraqi flags and chanted anti-corruption slogans. Clashes took place during the rally between the demonstrators and police, as well ...

URMIA, Aug. 02 (MNA) VP for Legal Affairs has said the general publics lack of legal awareness provides a safe haven for corruption to thrive. Elham Aminzadeh who was addressing a coordination meeting of West Azerbaijan provincial government legal affairs on Saturday, emphasized that the legal concepts and the laws should be clearly explained to ...

[caption id="attachment_104553" align="alignright" width="227"] Iran's top presidential advisor Akbar Torkan[/caption] Tehran, March 9, IRNA Top Presidential Advisor Akbar Torkan on Sunday threatened to expose politicians who plan to use ill-gotten wealth in their election campaign in the next Iranian year. The upcoming Iranian year (starting ...