Hundreds Arrested and Travel Bans Issued in Major Economic Crime Cases
Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran’s prosecutor, announced on Tuesday that over one thousand arrests and travel bans have been issued over the past eight months following the opening of economic corruption cases in Iran.
According to ISNA news agency citing Dolatabadi, “In the past eight months since the special branches began operations, 282 people have been arrested, 860 people have been banned from traveling, 138 indictments have been issued, 121 people have been prosecuted, and sentences for 100 people are being executed.”
Based on statistics provided by Tehran’s prosecutor, in petrochemical cases 13 people, currency trader cases 29 people, meat and tire cases 4 people, mobile phone case 1 person, Bahinayab system case 4 people, customs case 8 people, organization support case 4 people, paper case 17 people, and automotive import and order registration system case 20 people have been arrested.
This judicial official also announced the “dismantling of a seven-member organized eyeglass smuggling network” in Iran.
Source: Radio Farda
