TEHRAN – Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Wednesday five to twenty years in prison awaits those who disrupt national economy through profiteering, hoarding and other types of financial corruption.

Jafari Dolatabadi said in the event of a large-scale corruption, one could face “death penalty”, ISNA reported. 

He also said most of the 65 individuals who have been arrested were involved in foreign exchange market and cellphone import cases.

The prosecutor warned import companies, which have received dollars from the government at the official rate of 42000 rials, will face severe punishment if they sell their imported goods at high prices.

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