Iran's Supreme Leader Approves Special Corruption Courts
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has approved a request by the judiciary to set up special courts to deal with financial crimes. Iranian media quoted Khamenei as saying in a brief statement issued on August 11 that punishments for those accused of economic corruption should be "carried out swiftly and justly." New Islamic revolutionary courts will be directed to impose maximum sentences on those "disrupting and corrupting the economy," Judiciary head Sadegh Amoli Larijani had proposed in a letter to Khamenei. The request by the ...
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