Iran’s judiciary says 67 people have been arrested in recent weeks as part of a corruption crackdown approved by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
More than 100 government employees have also been barred from leaving the country, spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie says, according to the judiciary-linked Mizan news agency.
“Our enemy America has decided to put pressure on people and it intends to put our economy under pressure, but to no avail,” Ejeie says.
“There are individuals who try to use this opportunity and hoard basic goods and increase pressure on people by hoarding and smuggling,” he adds.
On Saturday, Khamenei approved a request from the head of the judiciary, Sadegh Larijani, to set up special revolutionary courts to try people for economic crimes.
Increased pressure from the United States, including its withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions, have exacerbated longstanding public anger over mismanagement and corruption in the economy.
— AFP
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