Tehran, Iran, Nov.11
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Indictments have been issued with regard to five people, including a former deputy governor of Iranian Central Bank Salar Aghakhan and Director General of the Central Bank, who were arrested on charges of illegal foreign currency distribution, Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said on November 11, ILNA reported.
On August 6, Ahmad Araghchi, who was a vice-governor at the bank in charge of forex, was arrested along with several other individuals.
Iran's former central bank governor, Valiollah Seif, is still banned from leaving the country, said Mohseni-Ejei.
Iranian judiciary spokesman has also announced the arrest of two directors in the Toyota and Renault.
Further, Mohseni-Ejei said that some people, who were involved in smuggling, were arrested. “One of them was arrested on charges of smuggling 84 million liters of fuel.”
“We will deal with fuel smugglers seriously,” he added.