The judiciary transferred 17 of Babak Zanjani’s companies to the National Iranian Oil Company.
The spokesperson of the judiciary, in today’s press conference on August 20, responded to a question about the latest status of Babak Zanjani’s case and the statements from the Ministry of Oil and the Central Bank regarding the non-receipt of claims.
Jahangir emphasized that part of the government’s claims from Zanjani have been collected so far and said that Babak Zanjani was sentenced to pay 1,967 billion euros to the National Iranian Oil Company.
Following judicial pursuits, 17 companies belonging to him, including the full shares of Qeshm Airlines and commercial, tourism, trade, construction, cultural, and hotel management companies, have been transferred to the National Iranian Oil Company.
He added that these transfers, which took place in 2014, were officially valued at approximately 500 million dollars.
Additionally, around 270 million tomans in cash from the sale of other assets of Babak Zanjani have been deposited into the account of the National Iranian Oil Company.
The judiciary spokesperson noted a shipment valued at approximately 18 billion dollars introduced and brought into the country by the convict, which is being kept in the Central Bank’s safes.
Initially, the bank took responsibility for selling it, but then withdrew from doing so.
Following this, the judiciary suggested that if the bank does not sell it, the sale should be carried out by other means and the amount paid in cash to the bank.
Jahangir continued that an amount equivalent to 15 million dollars has also been deposited into the Central Bank’s account by Babak Zanjani.
In addition, according to an agreement with the Central Bank, about 16 billion dollars more in cryptocurrency has been placed in an escrow account, which is currently under review, and its final approval is subject to the Central Bank’s confirmation.