(Reuters) - A former governor of Iran’s Central Bank, Valiollah Seif, was sentenced on Saturday to 10 years in prison on corruption charges involving the mismanagement of millions of dollars, the judiciary said. Seif and two of his deputies, who also received jail terms, were found guilty of disturbing the foreign exchange market, the country s economic climate and mismanagement,” a judiciary spokesman was quoted as saying by state media. State TV said Seif and one of his deputies, Ahmad Araghchi, who was sentenced to eight years in jail, had “provided illegal conditions for the mismanagement of about $160 million and 20 million euros”. Another deputy, Salar Aghakhani, was sentenced to 13 years. Seif led the central bank from 2013 to 2018 under former President Hassan Rouahni s administration. He was replaced by Abdolnasser Hemmati. In 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department placed Seif under sanctions for helping transfer millions of dollars to the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbol
A former governor of Iran’s Central Bank, Valiollah Seif, was sentenced on Saturday to 10 years in prison on corruption charges involving the mismanagement of millions of dollars, the judiciary said.
reviving the iran nuclear agreement all to jump start the ailing economy. there is tremendous continuity and very important foreign policy issues, such as jcpoa, are not set by the president, alone, or the foreign minister. it requires much greater degree of systemic buy-in. one thing both mod raterates conservatives agree on is the struggling economy is the country s top issue. now, ebrahim raisi will get his shot to bring it back on track. fred pleitgen, tehran. international reaction to raisi s election. two of iran s most immediate neighbors offered words of support for the incoming president. turkey s president, sending a letter sending saying he wish force tfor the spirit of cooperation to continue. and iraq s leader said iraq truly looks forward to strengthening its relations with iran, and works to have even closer, brotherly and friendly
ties that link the two nations through their historical, cultural, and social bonds. but amnesty international wants raisi investigated for crimes against humanity. saying, as head of the iranian judiciary, eeb rbrahim raisi. members of persecuted minority groups, arbitrarily detained. and israel is condemning raisi as the most extremist presidential figure, yet. and said his election is quote makes clear iran s true malign intentions. holly is a senior fellow at the atlantic council and she joins us from london. holly, lovely to see you. great to have you on the show. tell us more about who this president is. a hardliner. an ultra-conservative cleric as we have been reporting. what more do we know actbout hi and his political legacy? well, robyn, ebrahim raisi