Iranian court upholds jail sentences for former central bank officials

TEHRAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian court upheld the jail sentences issued in 2021 against a former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) and his deputy for "disrupting" the country's economic system, Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported on Saturday.

A branch of Tehran's Islamic Revolution Court rejected the appeals of Valiollah Seif and Ahmad Araqchi, the former CBI governor and his deputy,