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Iran court sentences former central bank staff to jail, whipping for bribery

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] An Iranian court has sentenced 16 former employees of the Central Bank of Iran to jail and lashes for accepting bribes. According to an Iranian state radio broadcast, the staff members were convicted of accepting cash, foreign currency, and gold in exchange for bank credit. The harsh sentences, including a reported 10 years of jail time, are seen as part of increasing efforts by the Iranian judiciary to control official corruption in Iran. In January, an Iranian airport customs contractor convicted of corruption was executed for his crimes. Three other airport customs contractors face the death penalty for similar crimes. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken a tough stance again corruption and bribery, but, prior to January, no corruption offenders had been executed.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 07, 2008 (boomark / email).