Onetime Ahmadinejad Vice President Gets 63-Year Prison Sentence
December 22 2017
A former vice president in Iran has been given a 63-year prison sentence for misuse of public funds, reports Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency.
Hamid Baghaei has 20 days to appeal the sentence, which was released Tuesday. He calls the charges baseless, noted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Baghaei was arrested in June 2015 and released pending trial in July 2017.
Baghaei served as vice president in charge of executive affairs from 2011 to 2013, during the presidency...
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