Iran court gives ex-veep 5-year jail term
A former Iranian vice president has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison over corruption charges, a report says.
The Supreme Court also ordered Mohammad Reza Rahimi, the first vice president under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to pay a 10-billion-rial (around $369,000) fine, reported IRNA on Wednesday.
Rahimi was also ordered to restitute IRR 28.5 billion (more than $1 million) he had gained in unjust enrichment.
A court of first instance had initially handed down a 15-year prison sentence to Rahimi, but the Supreme Court commuted the term.
Rahimi has long been rejecting charges pressed against him.
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