Arrest of 71 people accused of major currency disruption in Iran
The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced the identification and arrest of 71 individuals in Iran, stating that these people are major currency disruptors and were operating in 23 groups across the country.
In a statement released by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, published by IRNA, it was stated that these individuals, through illegal activities and various criminal actions, were causing instability in the currency market, creating abnormal price fluctuations, and wasting the country’s currency resources in the provinces of Kurdistan, East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khorasan Razavi, Alborz, Mazandaran, Ilam, and Kerman.
The statement does not specify when the arrests of these individuals took place and generally refers to instances of people being detained.
The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence says these groups consisted of 14 groups made up of unauthorized individuals and currency dealers who were buying and selling currency, with 23 people arrested by judicial order and more than 100 summoned and investigated.
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