Araqchi has been reportedly dismissed by the newly-appointed CBI governor.
Speaking in a televised speech, Mohseni Ejei said that an employee in one of the presidential departments, along with four middlepersons and a money broker have also been arrested on economic charges.
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Publish Date: 5 August 2018 - 20:28
Tehran, Aug 5, IRNA – Ahmad Araqchi, vice-governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) for forex affairs, has been arrested and sent to jail, Iran's Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei said on Sunday.