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Over 100 officeholders banned from leaving country

reporter 1222 — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:15:44 +0000

Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said Sun. that over 100 government employees and officeholders have been banned from leaving the country over charges of economic corruption.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said 67 convicts have been so far arrested in relation to economic corruption cases. He added that a number of convicts have been investigated and are released on bail.

According to him, over 100 government employees and officeholders have been banned from leaving the country. He added that an indictment has been issued for 25 cases involving 26 people.

The Judiciary spokesman maintained that the trials will be public, and the name and pictures of the convicts will be disclosed to the public upon permission granted by Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

He also confirmed that the former head of Central Bank security department has been summoned by court and investigated, but voiced lack of knowledge about his arrest.

Ejei further explained that any act of disruption in the country’s economic system does not necessarily demand a death penalty; a capital punishment would be handed out only in cases of people who had committed the crime with an intent to undermine the Establishment.

On Saturday, Leader of Islamic Revolution approved the request by the Judiciary head seeking permission to take special measures in order to confront economic corruption.

“Punishment of convicts of economic corruption must be carried out urgently and justly; and appropriate meticulousness must be given to the designation of sentences by courts,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a written directive in response to the request by the Judiciary head.

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Judiciary: 45 arrested in corruption probe

reporter 1222 — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 05:45:32 +0000

TEHRAN – Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i said on Monday that so far 45 people have been arrested as part of a probe into the high volatility in the foreign currency market.

“So far, 45 individuals have been arrested over their role in the foreign currency market,” Mohseni-Eje’i said, ISNA reported.

He added that a number of them are still under custody, and some of them have been freed on bail.

“Yesterday (Sunday), seven people including a former deputy central bank governor and five foreign exchange dealers were arrested for alleged economic crimes,” the spokesman explained.

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No talks with judiciary branch on Nazanin Zaghari

reporter 1222 — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 06:25:31 +0000

The Spokesperson of Judiciary Branch, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, says that while they consider the case of Nazanin Zaghari the same as other cases but the Foreign Minister Zarif has not met with the judiciary chief on this issue yet.

“The British delegation held no negotiation with the judiciary branch and the judiciary system has not made a decision on it. However, legally the issue is just relevant to the judiciary branch,” said Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.

The Iranian official made the remarks at his weekly presser in Tehran after questioned by Mehr News reporter who asked, “recently a British delegation visited Tehran with the agenda of negotiating the fate of some prisoners convicted for espionage. After the UK delegation left Tehran, government officials said that the issue is up to judiciary officials and the government just asks for some humanitarian concerns. Now the question is what the judiciary branch will do in regards to swapping these prisoners like Nazanin Zaghari, Foroughi, and the similar cases.”

The Iranian official noted that if the requirements to benefit from conditional release of these prisoners are met, they will be freed. “According to the article 58 of Islamic penal code, it has been devised that those sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, half of their sentence has been served, and they are in an extraordinary situation, they can take advantage of conditional release,” he noted.

“Those who are sentenced to less than 10 years and have at least served one-third of their sentence, if they are in an extraordinary situation, they can use the conditional release law,” added Mr. Ejei.

When Mr. Ejei was asked if Foreign Minister Zarif had requested a meeting with the judiciary chief, he said that he has heard nothing on such request. “These two prisoners are like other prisoners. However Zaghari is having two trials and she has been definitely convicted for one of them. So far we have made no decision,” recounted the spokesperson of judiciary branch.

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