Arrest of Several Judicial Officials Accused of Attempting to Obstruct Mohammad Emami Case
The head of the special complex for investigating economic crimes in Tehran said that several “judicial officials” and “employees of the inspector general’s organization” who were attempting to “divert” the legal proceedings in Mohammad Emami’s case have been arrested.
Asadollah Masudi Maqam, who spoke with the Tasnim news agency on Thursday, June 22, did not mention the exact number or positions of these individuals.
News of the arrest of experts from the General Inspectorate Organization had previously been published in December 2019, and following that, reports were circulated on social media claiming that 21 people were arrested in this regard.
However, according to Mr. Masudi Maqam, the “number of arrested individuals is less than this figure” and “preliminary investigation” into their cases has begun.
He also emphasized that the indictment of Mohammad Emami has been served and his trial is scheduled for early July.
The case related to Mr. Emami’s charges involves Capital Bank, and he has been in custody for approximately 30 months.
One of the most prominent issues related to Mr. Emami is the TV series “Shahrazad.” In 2016, along with Hadi Razavi, through the production of the series “Shahrazad” and considerable spending and payment of unprecedented salaries, he caused the influx of suspicious capital into cinema to become one of the most significant developments in recent years in performing arts.
Judge Masudi stated in June 2019 during the investigation into one of the corruption suspects in Capital Bank that in the future “money laundering in the Shahrazad series will be clarified.”
In the Capital Bank trial, many controversial cases have been reviewed so far, the most important of which include a 10-year prison sentence for Ammar Salehi, son of Ataollah Salehi, former commander of the Armed Forces, and a 20-year prison sentence for Hadi Razavi, son-in-law of Mohammad Shariati Madari, Iran’s Minister of Labor, and a 20-year prison sentence for Hossein Hedayati, one of Iran’s football investors. Parviz Kazemi, Iran’s former welfare minister, was also sentenced to 20 years in prison in this case.
The trials of some prominent defendants in this case, such as Behrouz Rikhtegaran, Mohammad Emami, and Shahab al-Din Ghandali, have not been held.
The case of Mohammad Ali Hadi, former deputy minister of foreign affairs of Iran, is also being investigated in the special court for the clergy, and no reports on how it is being handled have been released.
The main shareholder of Capital Bank is the Teachers’ Pension Fund, and the bank’s case proceeded following the discovery of “15 trillion tomans” in corruption in this fund.
The Teachers’ Pension Fund has more than 800,000 members affiliated with the Ministry of Education and pays annual returns to them from the monthly deposits of teachers.
Source: Radio Farda
