*DUBAI / TEHRAN: *An Iranian court sentenced the brother of PresidentHassan Rouhani to five years in prison, a judiciary spokesperson was quotedas saying on Tuesday by the semi-official *Fars news*.
In May, Hossein Fereydoun was sentenced to an unspecified jail term in acorruption case that the president’s supporters allege was politicallymotivated. Judiciary spokesperson Gholamhossein Esmaili said Freydoun wasjailed for five years but he may face further charges in another case,without giving details, *Fars* reported.
“Regarding the case of Hossein Fereydoun, the sentence of seven yearshanded down by the court of first instance has been reduced to five years,”Gholamhossein Esmaili told a press conference.
Esmaili said the sentence was final as there was no further avenue ofappeal.
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Fereydoun was also ordered to pay a fine and to pay back the bribes he wasalleged to have received, the spokesperson said without giving any figures.-APP/AFP
