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Tag: corruption
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Reformist party points to corruption as obstacle to “resistance economy”
The head of the Nedaye Iran party says smuggling and corruption are the chief obstacles to implementing the tools toward a resistance economy as…
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President slams corruption without naming its source
The Iranian president says production and manufacturing efforts in the country are stifled by a network of smuggling supported by a corrupt system. He…
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Arrest imminent over alleged corruption in football body
The head of Iran’s Football Federation, Ali Kafashian, will soon be charged with corruption, Iranian authorities announced on Saturday February 6. In an interview…
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Economist slams Iran’s rampant corruption, calls for concerted efforts
Expert economist Farshad Momeni says Iran’s ranking in terms of transparency is cause for concern, as it indicates the Iranian system is plagued with…
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Sweeping arrests target officials accused of corruption
Six Sistan-Baluchistan government officials were arrested last week. ISNA reports that the deputy head of the Chabahar Free Zone and five others were arrested,…
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Economy of Resistance and resistance of the centres of corruption
by Hamid Mafi While the right-wing factions of the Islamic Republic step up their opposition to the Rohani administration, and as the Revolutionary Guards…
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Accused tycoon gets trial date two years after arrest
Almost two years after Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani was arrested for embezzlement and corruption, his first trial will finally take place on October 3…
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Major corruption case alleged at fuel agency
The head of Iranian Parliament’s Energy Commission is calling for an investigation into an 8-billion-touman corruption file in Transportation and Fuel Management Agency. The…
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Controversial statement lands former official in trouble
Iran’s judiciary is initiating proceedings against former chief of Law Enforcement Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam for “defamation”. A spokesman for the judiciary said on Sunday…
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Administration receives proposal for anti-corruption group
The Iranian government is considering the establishment of a new organization to be called the “Interaction Committee to Fight and Prevent Corruption”. The Khorasan…
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Parliament expresses concern over corruption in veterans agency
Iranian MPs maintain that corruption at the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs when former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in office was even greater…
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Former vice president gets quick prison furlough
The Tehran Prosecutor has announced the approval of a furlough for Mohammadreza Rahimi, the former vice president who began serving a five-year prison sentence…