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Iran commutes a tycoon's death sentence to 20 years in prison

Apr. 30, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday that it commuted a death sentence for a tycoon to 20 years in prison after he returned around $2.1 billion in assets from illegally selling oil abroad, the official IRNA news agency reported. Babak Zanjani, 48, was sentenced to...