Tasnim An Iranian financial criminal and his wife have been sentenced to death on a charge of major disruption to the countrys currency and car markets as they had purchased more than 6,700 automobiles and hoarded 24,700 gold coins, the Judiciarys spokesperson said. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said the case ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Iran is struggling to restart its economy in the face of COVID-19, sanctions and unchecked government misconduct, yet a recent report indicates that addressing these problems could fuel economic growth by next year. Iran is faced with very difficult choices in its current struggle to contain the health and economic ...

Al-Monitor | Bryant Harris: Al-Monitor contributor and economic analyst Bijan Khajehpour highlighted corruption as a major reason why the Iranian government was so slow in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic during an exclusive webinar today with Al-Monitor President Andrew Parasiliti. If I were in charge of Iran, I would clear corruption as the ...

Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: A familiar charade is playing out in Tehran. Ahead of the elections to the Iranian parliament next month, those political factions likely to perform poorly are preemptively blaming the U.S. Expectation-management is the recourse of last resort for failing politicians everywhere, and blaming the U.S. is the hoariest political ...

Tehran Times - Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi said on Sunday that atmosphere in Iran is to resist the economic war launched against the country and also fight against corruption. The top judge made the remarks during a meeting with Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem in Tehran. Today, two atmospheres are highlighted ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Irans anti-corruption campaign has gained a rare momentum. There is regular reporting about new arrests and court cases against corrupt entities, including former ministers and high-ranking officials. Considering the countrys political culture and intense factional competition, many have suggested that the campaign ...

MNA Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers leader Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari has described fighting corruption as one of the major objectives of the Islamic Revolution. Speaking during Friday todays Friday Prayers sermon in Tehran, Hojatoeslam Mohammad Javad HajAli Akbari urged for serious fight against corruption as one ...

Tasnim The Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran has set up a new department tasked with countering economic crimes, a commander said. Speaking to reporters in northern the city of Semnan on Sunday, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Police Brigadier General Ayyoub Soleimani said branches of an independent department named Economic ...

MNA Iran Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jaffar Montazeri said Wednesday that Canada has become a safe haven for embezzlers and urged Canadian officials to extradite Iranian economic criminals living in the country. He made the remarks Wednesday on the sideline of an event in Tehran in response to a question about the possibility of extradition of ...

Al Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Shortly after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis call on officials to uproot corruption, the Iranian judiciary announced perhaps the largest embezzlement case in the countrys history involving some 6.6 billion euros ($7.4 billion). Similar to other major embezzlement scandals in recent years such as the one centered ...

Reuters - Irans oil ministry said on Sunday that it had been receiving revenues from selling oil despite difficulties caused by U.S. sanctions, denying allegations made by former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over government mismanagement in the energy sector. Ahmadinejad said in an interview with Shargh daily newspaper on Sunday that the government ...

IRNA Iran's Intelligence Ministry has detained members of a corrupt ring, including some officers of the country's Customs Administration as well as the middlemen affiliated with them, the ministry announced Wednesday. In an anti-corruption sweep some corrupt employees of Iran Customs Administration, including a director general, were spotted and ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: With the signatures of 94 lawmakers, a bill has been presented to the Iranian parliaments presiding board, titled, Support for Whistleblowers of Economic and Administrative Corruption. If approved by the presiding board, the bill could become law and facilitate the government campaign to fight corruption. Tackling ...

MNA First Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri said that getting free access to the information will remove major concerns of people such as corruptions spreading in society. He made the above remark in his visit to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) and said, Law of Free Accessing to Information was approved in 2009 and the government was obliged ...