Sajjad: An Individual Has Fled with 100 Billion Tomans from the Ministry of Oil

Nasser Sajjad, the head of the General Inspection Organization of the country, has reported that an individual fled after receiving 100 billion tomans from the Ministry of Oil, stating that this person has escaped to Canada. According to Mehr News Agency, Nasser Sajjad described this incident as a '100 billion toman corruption' case on Sunday, December 1, without providing details, and mentioned that this individual, similar to Babak Zanjani, received 100 billion tomans from the Ministry of Oil. The head of the General Inspection Organization added that this person then fled to Canada but is in contact by phone with one of the organization's managers, and they have managed to recover 60 billion tomans of it through the seizure of 'very luxurious houses and the latest model cars' in coordination with the individual. Nasser Sajjad did not explain when this 'corruption' occurred and only stated that he cannot disclose how the individual was located, but one of the organization's managers is in contact with him by phone. Regarding the developments related to the case of Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former resigned head of Bank Melli Iran, who fled to Canada after the exposure of the case known as the '3,000 billion toman corruption', he mentioned that nothing new has happened, but they hope to bring him back to the country with the new Canadian government's coming to power and a change in its policy towards Iran. Nasser Sajjad added, 'We brought back Reigi; these individuals are not significant.' Abdul Malik Rigi was the leader of an armed group known as 'Jundallah', which carried out a series of armed attacks in the Sistan and Baluchestan region of Iran and border areas with Pakistan. The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced in March 2009 that he was arrested in a neighboring country and returned to Iran. Abdul Malik Rigi was executed in June 2010 for corruption on earth and waging war against God. Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former head of Bank Melli Iran, resigned in October 2011 after being accused of being involved in the 3,000 billion toman embezzlement case, and it was later reported that he had fled to Canada and applied for asylum. Iranian judicial officials have previously stated that they sought help from Interpol to bring him back. The 3,000 billion toman embezzlement case had 39 defendants, four of whom, including the first defendant, Meh Afarid Amir Khosravi, the founder of Amir Mansour Arya Company, were sentenced to death. Meh Afarid Amir Khosravi was executed in June 2014 in Evin Prison. Regarding the arrest of Mohammad Mohsen Mohajerani, the son of Ataollah Mohajerani, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance during Mohammad Khatami's presidency, Nasser Sajjad stated that he also heard the news from the media. However, he added that he does not confirm or deny this news because it is 'confidential'. Mr. Sajjad, however, mentioned that regarding the case of the missing oil rig, which Mohammad Mohsen Mohajerani is apparently connected to, they have reviewed the case and sent it to the prosecutor's office, and an indictment has been issued while they are waiting for a response to their inquiry for the second part of the case. Meanwhile, according to Fars News Agency, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the spokesperson for the judiciary, confirmed the news of Mohammad Mohsen Mohajerani's arrest in a press conference on Sunday, December 1, in Tehran, stating that the news 'is accurate and is related to the missing rig case, but the extent of this individual's connection to the case has not yet been determined.' The issue of the missing oil rig known as Fortuna was reported in late October of last year when 14 members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly requested the Speaker of the Parliament to follow up on the matter in a letter. According to these representatives, the Fortuna oil drilling rig was sold during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government through a Turkish company to the Iranian Marine Facilities Company, which is under the Ministry of Oil, but this rig was never delivered to the Iranian side. Fars News Agency recently reported that this oil rig was sold to Iran for 87 million dollars through an Emirati company but went directly to the Gulf of Mexico instead of Iran.