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Iran Sentences Billionaire to Death for Corruption

An Iranian court has sentenced a billionaire and two other people to death for corruption involving oil sales. Babak Zanjani is believed to be one of Iran's wealthiest people with a net worth estimated at $14 billion.  He was accused of pocketing more than $2 billion while making oil sales on behalf of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government. He was arrested in 2013, shortly after current President Hassan Rouhani took office and put a priority on tackling...


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