{"id":99954,"date":"2025-03-04T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=99954"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:40:09","slug":"iran-court-sentences-ex-ministers-to-jail-over-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/99954\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran court sentences ex-ministers to jail over corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Time)- An Iranian court has sentenced two former ministers to prison over a multi-billion-dollar corruption case involving imported tea, the judiciary said Tuesday. The case, known in Iran as the Debsh Tea Scandal, was opened in 2023 and implicated more than 60 people, involving a total of $3.7 billion, the Iran newspaper reported in May, citing the country\u2019s chief justice. Forty-two defendants were sentenced in the case, including former agriculture minister Javad Sadatinejad and former industry minister Reza Fatemi Amin, said Mizan Online, the judiciary\u2019s news outlet. Sadatinejad received a one-year sentence, while Fatemi Amin was handed two years for their roles in the scandal, Mizan reported. The pair, who served under late president Ebrahim Raisi, were convicted of complicity in disrupting the country\u2019s economic system, with the sentences deemed &#8220;final and binding&#8221;. The court also sentenced Akbar Rahimi-Darabad, the chief executive of Debsh Tea company, to 66 years in prison for various crimes, including disrupting Iran\u2019s economy, smuggling foreign currency and bribery. Rahimi-Darabad was ordered to repay over $2.38 billion in smuggled funds and a fine of $1.5 billion. Under Iranian law, jail sentences run concurrently, meaning Rahimi-Darabad would serve 25 years for the longest of his convictions. In April 2023, lawmakers impeached Fatemi Amin over soaring car prices. That same month, Sadatinejad was sacked from his position. In May 2024, he was sentenced to three years on another corruption case involving animal feed imports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Time)- An Iranian court has sentenced two former ministers to prison over a multi-billion-dollar corruption case involving imported tea, the judiciary said Tuesday. 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