Hossein Fereidoun, brother and close aide of Iran's president, has been sentenced on unspecified corruption charges, according to IRNA. The president's supporters believe the case is politically motivated.
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TEHRAN, Iran Iran has sentenced the brother of the country’s senior vice-president to two years in prison on corruption charges, the website of the Iranian judiciary reported Tuesday. According to the judiciary’s spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the verdict for Mahdi Jahangiri, the brother of Eshaq Jahangiri, is final and cannot be appealed. Mahdi Jahangiri was […]
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Mahdi Jahangiri, brother of Iran s senior vice president Eshaq Jahangiri, who is also founder of the Iranian private Gardeshgari Bank, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, September 15, 2015. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
TEHRAN, Iran Iran has sentenced the brother of the country’s senior vice president to two years in prison on corruption charges, the website of the Iranian judiciary reported Tuesday.
According to the judiciary’s spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, the verdict for Mahdi Jahangiri, the brother of Eshaq Jahangiri, is final and cannot be appealed.
Mahdi Jahangiri was on the board of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce and was also the founder of the private Gardeshgari Bank.