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Tehran (CNN)Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, authorities said Sunday.
Zanjani
and two others were convicted of embezzling billions of dollars from
the national oil company, judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Ejei said.
One of the charges he faces is "corruption on earth," which carries the death penalty, according to Iranian state TV.
Babak Zanjani is seen, center, in court in a photo released on Sunday,
March The 41-year-old Iranian billionaire was convicted of fraud and
economic crimes and is facing the death penalty