Former vice president Mohammadreza Rahimi has been taken to Evin Prison to serve out his five-year sentence for corruption charges.
The Tasnim News Agency reports that police arrived at Rahimi’s home to transfer him to prison. A judiciary spokesperson was quoted as saying the chief charge against Rahimi was bribery.
Rahimi is linked to fraud involving the Iran Insurance Company and he was sentenced in January to five years in jail as well as cash fines.
In an open letter, Rahimi called himself a victim of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s stubbornness.
Rahimi has indicated that conservative MPs received money thorough him in exchange for support, but the names of those MPs have not yet been publicized.
Fars News quoted a knowledgeable source saying Rahimi will be held in the prison’s financial crimes ward.