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Corruption in Iran has spread and extended to “a number of top state officials”, the Islamic Republic’s Vice President has declared.

While visiting the government’s official news agency, IRNA, Es’haq Jahangiri said on Saturday, August 18, “At a time when combatting corruption was possible, it was ignored, and some top officials were lured and drawn in.”

Expanding on the issue of corruption, Jahangiri said, “Fight against corruption needs impartiality, free from factional interests.”

Implicitly referring to former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cabinet (2005-2013), Jahangiri maintained that some top officials were involved in corruption in the past.”

Apparently, Jahangiri was referring to Ahmadinejad’s VP, Mohammad Reza Rahimi as well as his deputy for Executive Affairs, Hamid Baqaei, who are currently kept behind bars for financial corruption.

However, some of the closest allies of the incumbent, President Hassan Rouhani and his VP have also been detained for corruption, including Rouhani’s brother, Hossein Fereydoun and Jahangiri’s brother, Mehdi.

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