In a factional infighting among rival camps in Iran’s ruling encircle, one of the senior departmental officials from Alborz province who is from the rival camp was arrested. According to Reza Shakarami, the prosecutor of Karaj city, located northwestern Tehran.
“Forgery and the use of a forged document, misrepresentation in government transactions and infringement of tenders are among the charges against this former director general in Alborz Province,” Shakarami told the Tasnim news agency, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, on Thursday, May 12.
Shakarami, who himself has a background in brutally suppressing Iranian people, pointed out that bail for the defendant has been put at 2.5 billion Rials (U.S. $82,000), adding that the former provincial official is currently in detention.