Hundreds of people detained and banned from leaving in "major economic" cases

Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announced on Tuesday that more than a thousand arrests and travel bans have been made in the past eight months following the opening of economic corruption cases in Iran.

According to ISNA news agency, quoting Mr. Dowlatabadi, "In the last eight months since the special branches began operating, 282 people have been arrested, 860 people have been banned from leaving, 138 indictments have been issued, 121 people have been prosecuted, and 100 people's sentences are being enforced."

According to statistics provided by the Tehran Prosecutor's Office, 13 people have been arrested in the petrochemical cases, 29 in the currency broker cases, 4 in the meat and rubber cases, 1 in the mobile phone case, 4 in the Bahin Yab Samt system case, 8 in the customs case, 4 in the support organization case, 17 in the paper case, and 20 in the car import and order registration systems case.

This judicial official also announced the "destruction of a seven-member organized eyeglass smuggling gang" in Iran.

Source: Radio Farda