Iran Seizes Assets of 76 Expatriates
From Deutsche-Presse Agentur
TEHRAN —
The Iranian government has seized some $115 million worth of assets from 76 exiled citizens associated with the country’s past regime, the official Iranian news agency reported Tuesday.
The assets belonged to citizens who fled Iran either before or after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The Iranian prosector general’s office said that the property, seized over the last two weeks, included commercial and residential buildings, orchards, land and livestock.
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