TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Lawyer of the oil dealer and tycoon Babak Zanjani has told media that Supreme Court has given a verdict, though still undisclosed, for his lawyer.

Mr. Rasoul Kouhpayeh told press Saturday that the appeal court had finally come to a verdict, contributing to a mood of speculations on the media incipient earlier last week, which Mr. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei had denied altogether. In a press conference, Ejei told the press that no court verdict had been given, let alone Supreme Court’s.

Still in a related story, Gholamreza Ansari deputy-Head of Supreme Audit Court provide the media with conflicting story, that the Supreme Court had confirmed the capital punishment for Mr. Babak Zanjani, the foremost defendant in oil corruption scandal but overturned the primary verdict for his two fellow defendants.

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