Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Tuesday June 28 called on the judiciary to firmly tackle corruption as the country is among the worst placed in the fight against this scourge.
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The issue of the fight against corruption must be taken seriously, there is corruption
," said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on the main political orientations of the state, in a press release. the occasion of the "
week of justice
".
Iran ranks among the most corrupt countries in the world with a score of 25 out of 100 in terms of transparency, according to the association Transparency International.
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Within the judiciary, within the executive branch or elsewhere, certain mechanisms naturally create corruption and they must be destroyed
,” Ali Khamenei said during a meeting with judicial officials.
In September 2020, Iran sentenced former senior judicial official Akbar Tabari to 31 years in prison for corruption, one of the heaviest sentences against a former Islamic Republic official.
Iran has been plunged into a deep economic crisis since the United States reimposed harsh sanctions after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew in 2018 from a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Last month, protests against the rising cost of living and corruption took place in several Iranian cities.