October 26, The Iran Project Chief of Iran's branch of Interpolsays the extradition of the fugitive Iranian banker Mahmoud Reza Khavari is now a political case between Iran and Canada. Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting of judges with Interpol police, head of the Interpol Office of the Iranian Law Enforcement Force Colonel Massoud Rezvani ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Mahmoud Reza Khavari, a former top Iranian banker who fled to Canada after committing a massive fraud, has purchased at least $12.1-million worth of properties under various names and legal entities in Toronto, a report said. According to public records searched by The Globe and Mail, the Khavari family is moving forward expanding ...

Tehran, June 8, IRNA Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said on Wednesday that Canada refuses to hand over former chief of Melli Bank of Iran Mahmoud Reza Khavari despite Canada signed up international anti-corruption treaty. Mahmoud Reza Khavari is former chief of Melli Bank of Iran, a suspect in a 2011 embezzlement scandal. He escaped to ...

Shahr-e Rey, Feb 10, IRNA - Spokesman for the Judiciary announced that Canada has not had any kind of cooperation with Iran to return big embezzler Mohammad Reza Khavari to the country. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei told IRNA that Iran has received no news from the Canadian government about Khavari. Acting as manager director of Bank Melli Iran ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran's General Inspectorate Organization Nasser Seraj announced that Tehran is in talks with some western countries on extradition of the money-laundering convicts to the country. "The western countries should extradite the convicts and also return the cash that they have transferred from Iran to abroad," Seraj said in an interview ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 32 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Reelection of Hossein Entezami as the representative of the press managing editors at the Media Supervisory Board dominated the front pages of Iranian dailies on Wednesday....

Two stories generated headlines Tuesday on the front pages of Iranian dailies. The stellar performance of Iranian athletes in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea which landed Iran in the fifth spot of the medal table was the first top story. The Caspian Summit and comments by President Rouhani at the gathering were also splashed across the ...

Tehran, Sept 28, IRNA Iran's Deputy Police Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said Canada has admitted the presence of Mahmoud Reza Khavari in its territory. Khavari, the former Managing Director of Bank Melli, fled the country in September 2011 on embezzlement charges. He said the Canadian Police had up to recent days refused to admit ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran's General Inspectorate Organization Nasser Seraj announced on Tuesday that the country is in talks with relevant authorities in the US and Canada to extradite its fugitive banker Mohammad Reza Khavari - a main culprit in the $2.6 billion bank scam in Iran. "We have had some talks with the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA) ...

Irans authoritieshave executed a billionaire businessmanover his central role in a $2.6 billion bank fraud that rocked the countrys economy and political system. State TV said Mahafarid Amir Khosravi was hanged early Saturday in Evin Prison in Tehran. He was convicted of forging letters of credit with the help of high-level bank managers to get loans ...

Iran has executed the number-one convict in the biggest embezzlement case in the countrys banking history. According to Tehrans Public Prosecutors Office, Mahafarid Amir-Khosravi was hanged at Evin detention center Saturday dawn. Khosravi was convicted of disrupting the countrys economy through embezzlement, money laundering, and bribery. He haddeniedmany ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Interpol Office of the Iranian Law Enforcement Force Colonel Massoud Rezvani dismissed the recent claims by Canadian police officials that fugitive banker Mohammad Reza Khavari - a main culprit in the $2.6 billion bank scam in Iran has escaped from Canada. The Canadian police first claimed that he (Khavari) has not entered ...

A special group of police officers will be assembled and sent to Canada for searching and arresting the former head of Bank Melli Iran, Mahmoud Reza Khavari, deputy chief of Iranian police, Ahmadreza Radan said, newspaper "Iran" reported on Jan. 6. "Iranian police asked the Canadian police to arrest Khavari as soon as he's spotted, and return him ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Police Chief Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi Moqaddam criticized the Canadian government for refusing to extradite a former top Iranian banker who fled to that country amid inquiries into a massive fraud case. We have an extradition treaty with Canada in place, but unfortunately, Canada has not cooperated fully on the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Esmayeel Ahmadi Moqaddam lashed out at the Canadian government's lack of cooperation in the case of the former Iranian Bank Melli Chief, Mahmoud Reza Khavari, who fled from Iran to Canada during an embezzlement scandal. "The Canadian government has had no cooperation with us in this regard and ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Judiciary Spokesman and Prosecutor-General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeii lashed out at the Canadian government and the Interpol for their lack of cooperation in the case of the former Iranian Bank Melli Chief, Mahmoud Reza Khavari, who fled from Iran to Canada during an embezzlement scandal. "Unfortunately, the Canadian government ...

By Trend Former Bank Melli Iran's managing director Mahmoud-Reza Khavari will be judged publicly, said the judge Naser Seradj, who is handling the $2.6 million fraud case, ISNA reported. Khavari resigned from his post last year and fled to Canada, where he still resides. Judge Seradj noted that the cases of 20 people connected to the ongoing ...