VOL. XLIV
No 50
10-December-2001
IRAN
Zanganeh Charged With CorruptionAs Conservatives Tighten Stranglehold On Reforms
Iranian Oil Minister BijanZanganeh was charged on 2 December with the alleged misuse of $800mn of oilrevenues and mishandling awards of Petropars contracts. The Governor of theCentral Bank, Mohsen Nourbakhsh, has also been charged with corruption, andIranian press reports say that the Minister of Mines and Metals, EshaqJahangari, has been summoned to appear in court. The charges...
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