Babak Zanjani, Iranian billionaire
“sanctions broker” was arrested in Tehran today. Mohsen Ej’ie, Iran’s
Prosecutor General confirmed Zanjani’s arrest. (Fars News Agency, 30 December)
On Saturday, President Hassan
Rouhani ordered the investigation of “sanctions profiteers” in Iran. The term,
or “sanctions brokers,” is referred to people or organizations that take
advantage of the special concessions and privileges given to them to defy trade
sanctions, but in the process enrich themselves normally through corruption or
illegitimate income.
The specific charges against Zanjani have not been disclosed. A majlis investigating committee reported this week that he owes billions of dollars to the Ministry of Oil. Zanjani was involved in “oil-for-cash” schemes, selling Iranian crude in black markets for cash.
Zanjani was also implicated by Reza Zarrab, the Iranian sanctions broker who was arrested last week in Istanbul, as his “boss” and contact in Tehran. The two reportedly were involved in “gas-for-gold’ scheme that is in the heart of the current government corruption scandal in Turkey.
File photo: Babak Zanjani (BBC)
To read about Zanjani’s debts to
Oil Ministry, please click here.
To read about Rouhani’s
investigation order, please click here.
To read an account of
“gas-for-gold” scheme, please click here.
12 comments:
Google zanjani and larijani to see the vendetta between the larijani sect of the terrorist mafia regime and the ahmadinejad/zanjani sect.
People with rational thinking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD1P2q3DsfE
They should all arrest each other.
well he is innocent until proven guilty and we should not assume that he was implicated in this massive fraud until proven otherwise.
I believe assuming guilty that there will be more influential people who could be implicated if he talked. So the feat taht he may commit suicide in prison as norm is with these type of high value prisoners. Remember what happened to that SAVAK/VEVAK member saiid ... that accused of being an Israeli agent in the murder of Iranian writers and misteriouisly killed himselfg with hair removal vax. The history will repeat itself.
In general the problem is that Zanjani can argue that he was trying to perform illegal but valid (in Iranian eyes) of circumventing the sanctions but could not del;iver the money. I don't think in a fair court of law one can argue that he was obliged to deliver the money. The norm is that he will be removed before he lets topo much out!
all of his money should be turned over to Khamenei so that it can be distributed for the benefit of the Assad dictatorship and to buy the Lebanese hezzies some new rockets.
Agreed. Soon we will hear that he has comitted suicide in prison! Once he has goner the chain will be broken and they will be back to find another pawn in the chain!
He looks like actor James Woods.
Adam man your mate is arrested. What are you going to do about it?
Saeed Sakoui has something to add > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQH9oaWdA0Q
If you lie,cheat,steal,rape and kill in the name of islam you will be told by charlatan mullah that you will go to heaven.This sums up the occupying terrorist regime in Iran perfectly.
AnonymousDecember 30, 2013 at 9:23 PM
No thats your good friends and allies the saudis
So you're saying that the dirty stinking mullahs don't say to lie,cheat,steal.rape and kill on behalf of islam for the likes of you to go to heaven?
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