TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s brother entered prisonWednesday to begin a five-year sentence after he was convicted ofcorruption, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, citing his lawyer.
Hossein Fereydoun, who served as an aide to the president, was arrested inJuly 2017 and put on trial in February this year on allegations offinancial violations.
In a final ruling, his sentence was reduced to five years from seven and hewas ordered to pay a fine as well as bribes he was convicted of receiving,the judiciary said on October 1.
His lawyer said he entered Tehran’s Evin prison on Wednesday.
“This morning Mr Fereydoun together with myself were present at theprosecutor’s office,” Hossein Sartipi said, quoted by ISNA.
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“After legal procedures were completed, he was taken to Evin prison and wasadmitted to the prison,” he added.
Fereydoun acted as a key adviser and gatekeeper to the president before hisarrest.
The brothers do not share the same name because Rouhani changed his when hewas younger to a word meaning “cleric”. -APP/AFP
