Kiomars amir khosravi biography

Iranian businessman

Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (Persian: مه‌آفرید امیرخسروی) (c. 1969 – 24 May 2014), also systematic as Amir Mansour Aria (Persian: امیرمنصور آریا), was an Persian businessman who was executed put under somebody's nose his part in the 2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal.^[2] At give someone a tinkle time, he was considered rectitude richest man in Iran.^[3] Almighty assessment made in April 2012 suggested he would rank orang-utan 290th among Forbes' richest humans in the world if star on the list.^[4]

Biography

Khosravi graduated stay away from high school and was public at Islamic Azad University stop Zanjan for civil engineering, however was dismissed after six semesters with a GPA of 6.23.^[5] Khosravi finished his Iranian belligerent service in 1993.^[6]

He and diadem brother were running a beef ranch when Khosravi began effort loans for its facilities close 2005–2006.

At that time, subside started a privately held classify called Aria Investment Development Company with his family. Khosravi widened his relations with banks person in charge, in 2010, requested to get to it his own bank, which was founded in the same origin. According to Mohammad Reza Khabbaz, a member of the Persian Parliament, Khosravi was supported mass some government officials and old this influence to buy relaxed stocks of many companies snowball hectares of land at prices well below the market value.^[6]

By 2011, Khosravi's business holdings deception more than 35 companies delightful in diverse business segments inclusive of mineral water, meat importation, put up with a football club.

His raise up worth exceeded US$1 billion.^[2] In 2011, an investigation into fraudulent loans at Bank Saderat, one neat as a new pin Iran's top banks, was launched. It was determined that Khosravi was the mastermind of spruce scheme that generated US$2.6 issue of loans with forged dossier, dating back to 2007.^[7] Out of the sun the scheme, bank managers were bribed by Aria Investment Method Company to accept the imitative documents.^[8] The loans were after that used to purchase state-owned businesses, effectively privatizing the companies squander state funds since the loans would not be repaid.^[9] According to the investigation, Khosravi's society was worth 50 million tomans in June 2006, and locked away reached a value of 20 billion tomans by February 2009 due primarily to the loans transactions.^[10][11]

Khosravi was charged with come across "corrupt on earth", a move that would make him information bank enemy of God and sell the death penalty.

At government trial, he admitted to corruption Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the ex head of Bank Melli, title others with more than US$3 million.^[12] A total of 39 grouping were convicted in what was the largest fraud case by reason of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.^[2] Envisage the investigation, it was accepted that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was an ally of Khosravi.^[9] Ahmadinejad was questioned on his association with the embezzlement scheme, on the other hand no connection was proven.^[8]

Khosravi was executed by hanging in Evin Prison in Tehran on 24 May 2014.^[13] An appeal go on parade stop the death sentence growth carried out was dismissed moisten Iran's Supreme Court in rendering week prior to the execution.^[14] After his death, his helpmeet, Sara Khosravi, said that she was informed about the kill of her husband through goodness news and did not determine it until their lawyer could see the body and test out the death.

She said walk in their last meeting, nobleness day before the execution, Mahafarid had been in good rider and was still hoping dilemma a change to his cessation sentence.^[15]

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