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...Babak Zanjani, a local businessman, is facing a death sentence for refusing to pay back $2.8bn worth of crude he sold to Asian buyers and never paid back the state under the previous sanctions era....
...“Those who created Babak Zanjani have to be ashamed.”...
...The tweet on Tuesday was the latest salvo in a public row that erupted after Sadegh Larijani, the head of the judiciary, alleged that Babak Zanjani, a billionaire businessman, had financed Mr Rouhani’s election...
...London was once a centre for expatriate Iranians under the UK-backed Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was overthrown in 1979, and the UK is still home to more than 80,000 Iranians....
...Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, former first vice-president, was indicted in March, apparently on allegations of embezzlement....
...During a meeting last week, Mr Davutoglu and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, agreed on the need to contain extremist groups in Syria....
...not need the potential of the armed forces, that potential will go back to military centres.” ——————————————- Sanctions: The man left holding the oil money As a 39-year-old businessman worth $10bn, Babak...
...“The new bill will not resolve Iran’s problem internationally even though it takes positive – but insufficient – steps,” Babak Farrahi, a lawyer, says....
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