The Tehran Prosecutor has announced the approval of a furlough for Mohammadreza Rahimi, the former vice president who began serving a five-year prison sentence on corruption charges just two weeks ago. The prosecutor’s office reportedly has approved a one-week leave because the prisoner’s wife is suffering from a terminal disease and is currently in […]
Tag: Corruption
Corruption sentence reduced for former vice president
The Supreme Court has sentenced former vice president, Mohammadreza Rahimi to five years in prison for corruption. IRNA reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vice president initially had been sentenced in court to 15 years in jail in addition to a fine of 2.85 billion toumans, and the matter was appealed to the Supreme Court. The […]
Khabar-on-line rebuked for blog posting about corruption
The Iranian judiciary announced that the Khabar-on-line website has been charged with provoking public anxiety by publishing an article about corruption in the Revolutionary Guards Corps. The Deputy Prosecutor General told the Fars News Agency on January 13 that the Cyber Crimes Supervisory Committee has acted very leniently by merely giving a warning to […]
Corruption trial continues for former Tehran prosecutor
Saeed Mortazavi, the former Tehran prosecutor and head of the Social Security Fund, presented the final portion of his defence on Sunday December 28 against charges of financial corruption laid against him by a number of officials. One hundred senior officials of the former administration are being investigated in connection with financial corruption. ILNA […]
Mousavi responds to public attacks
With a rising number of accusations against the opposition leaders being spread in the media, MirHosein Mousavi has responded, calling those attacks “slander and insults”. The Kaleme website reports that he has repeatedly demanded the right to be put on trial where he could “tell the truth” but the authorities have refused. “I and […]
Reports of former administration’s corruption called “tip of iceberg”
The head of Iran’s Expediency Council said on Tuesday December 16 that the administration cannot fully report on the depth of the problems it has inherited from the former administration, adding that only “the tip of the iceberg of corruption” has been revealed so far. ISNA reports that Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani said that despite […]
Iranian MP slams “completely overt” corruption
Iranian MP Abed Fatahi has spoken out against the widespread nature of corruption in the country, saying it is has become a matter of course in every branch of life. Fatahi told ISKA news on Sunday December 14: “It has now gone beyond under-the-table handouts, it is completely overt.” The head of the Sunni […]
Rohani warns of corruption from concentration of power
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has referred to the concentration of power as a cause of corruption and he criticized the combination of arms, money, power and the media controlled by one institution. At a gathering aimed at fighting corruption, with the heads of government branches in attendance, Rohani said: “When information, arms, money, newspapers, […]
Arrests announced in fraud case from Ahmadinejad era
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has announced the arrest of 20 middle managers of the former administration in connection with a financial fraud case. Alavi reports that the scheme took place from 2010 to 2013 during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s second term as president. He told IRNA that the Ministry of Intelligence began discovering the financial […]
Rohani lauds new transparency rules for government spending
President Hassan Rohani’s communications adviser announced that blocking cellphone social networking websites has not been approved, adding that on Wednesday November 12, cabinet adopted new regulations to allow free access to information regarding government spending. President Rohani referred to the new regulations, saying: “In a democratic system, the public has the right to be […]