{{Iranian state television says a billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6bn state bank scam, the largest fraud case since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, has been executed.}}<\/p>\n
The TV report Saturday said authorities put Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also known as Amir Mansour Aria, to death at Evin prison, just north of the capital, Tehran. <\/p>\n
The report said the execution came after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.<\/p>\n
Three others also face death sentences in the case, which involved using forged documents to get credit at one of Iran’s top banks to purchase assets including major state-owned companies.<\/p>\n
The trial raised questions about corruption at senior levels in Iran’s tightly controlled economy during the administration of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<\/p>\n
– AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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