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A senior official of Iran’s Judiciary has said on December 13 that former tycoon, Babak Zanjani will be executed after he returns what he owes the Islamic Republic.

Zanjani who was arrested in 2013 on charges of embezzling money earned from black market oil exports sanctioned by the government, was sentenced to death in 2016.

Hadi Sadeghi, a deputy to the all-powerful Judiciary head told reporters in city of Bojnourd, that part of Zanjani’s money is abroad and currently it is not possible to repatriate it, according to major Tehran news agencies.

“People should not be impatient with carrying out Zanjani’s death penalty. The Judiciary does not want to lose the connection to his assets abroad.”

It is not clear why the government is unable to collect Zanjani's money abroad. Is he refusing to pay or the funds are out of reach because of U.S. banking sanctions on Iran.

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