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               Iran Sentences Billionaire to Death for Corruption

   by VOA News

   An Iranian court has sentenced a billionaire and two other people to
   death for corruption involving oil sales.

   Babak Zanjani is believed to be one of Iran's wealthiest people with a
   net worth estimated at $14 billion.  He was accused of pocketing more
   than $2 billion while making oil sales on behalf of former President
   Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government.

   He was arrested in 2013, shortly after current President Hassan Rouhani
   took office and put a priority on tackling corruption.

   The three men convicted Sunday can appeal the verdict.

   Two years ago, Iran hanged billionaire businessman Mahafarid Amir
   Khosravi after convicting him of using forged documents to obtain
   credit at Iran's top financial institutions in a $2.6 billion scam.
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