29 Arrested for Economic Malpractice

Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje’i said 29 people have been detained for suspected malpractice and disrupting the economic process and will be put on trial soon.
“Many of those arrested have been charged with [the capital crime of] corruption on earth,” Mohseni Eje’I said without disclosing the names and offenses of the detainees.
The cleric reiterated that the men were arrested for economic crimes. “More people will be in the dock soon on similar charges,” Fars News Agency quoted him as saying.