Judiciary Claims Execution of Sentence for a 'Mega Bank Debtor'

The judiciary of the Islamic Republic has claimed that the prison sentence for 'Mohammad Rostami-Safa', referred to as a 'mega bank debtor', has been executed and he has been sent to prison. Meanwhile, some social media users have written about the influence of the children of judicial officials in the 'Rostami-Safa' case. According to the media center of the judiciary, the execution branch of the Tehran prosecutor's office has executed the prison sentence of Mohammad Rostami-Safa, the main accused in the 'Rostami-Safa group' case. This center introduced Rostami-Safa as a 'mega debtor of the non-governmental sector' who, from 2003 to 2013, received substantial foreign and domestic loans for production and import through the establishment of multiple companies from 'Parsian, National, Sepah, Export Development, and Trade Banks'. Some social media users and media sources have reported high-level connections between Mohammad Rostami-Safa and senior officials from the governments of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hassan Rouhani, citing these 'corrupt relationships' within the structure of the Islamic Republic as one of the reasons for his rise. The judiciary has claimed that 'a significant portion' of the large loans provided to Rostami-Safa were converted to foreign currency, transferred abroad, and 'invested' there. Rostami-Safa has been pursued criminally since 2020 due to what judicial officials described as 'failure to repay loans on time and failure to repay debts after legal actions by creditors' and also due to 'multiple violations'. Rostami-Safa and individuals and entities associated with him have been pursued by the economic prosecutor's office based on complaints from banks and reports from some security institutions in the Islamic Republic, and the case has been sent to court for processing and sentencing. On the other hand, some users on social media believe that this accused has been able to close dozens of his cases and charges due to the influence of the children of several senior judicial officials who are also involved in this case. Why are major bank debtors safe? The CEO of Barakat Pharmaceutical Group: Barakat is not a mega bank debtor; it was a mistake. The continuation of the construction of the Miankaleh petrochemical plant despite opposition; the executor is a 'large bank debtor'. The names of bank debtors under 1000 billion rials have become 'confidential'. The publication of the list of 'large bank debtors'; incomplete information without the presence of 'big fish'. In response to the list, the judiciary accused the banking system of 'obstruction' in dealing with debtors. After the son-in-law of a minister and the son of an army commander, the role of the son-in-law of the former head of the Expediency Discernment Council has also been revealed in the Capital Bank corruption case.