Brother of Iran president sentenced to five years imprisonment on corruption charges

Brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges.

The brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.

The sentencing comes just a few months after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Rouhani’s rival in a previous presidential election, Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary. After President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2017 and reinstated economic sanctions against Iran, tensions have been mounting between the two countries. The sanctions have battered Iran's economy and put pressure on Rouhani.

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