Baku. Ramiz Mikayiloglu – APA. The death sentence of 41-year old Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani, upheld by the Supreme Court of Iran, may be revoked, if he repays embezzled funds, Tasnim news agency cited Prosecutor General of Tehran Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi as saying on Tuesday.
Dowlatabadi said he could benefit from article “Islamic mercy” of the Iranian legislations if recovers the funds he embezzled.
On Dec.3, Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty against Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani for corruption. On March 2016, a primary court sentenced Babak Zanjani and his two associates to death. By his own account, Zanjani had for years helped circumvent sanctions by arranging billions of dollars of oil deals through a network of companies.
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