Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 Irans Minister of Intelligence and Security confirmed on Sunday that Shahram Jazayeri, the countrys most wanted criminal, was arrested by Iranian security forces in a neighbouring country, the official news agency IRNA reported. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 Irans Minister of Intelligence and Security confirmed on Sunday that Shahram Jazayeri, the countrys most wanted criminal, was arrested by Iranian security forces in a neighbouring country, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Jazayeri, one of Irans wealthiest ex-officials, had been sentenced to five years imprisonment for a major embezzlement scandal.
While on leave from prison, he fled from custody on February 20.
Radical Shiite cleric Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ezhei told reporters that Jazayeri had been arrested in one of the Gulf States and at 18:00 local time arrived in Tehrans Mehrabad Airport from where he was transferred to Evin Prison.