A court in Iran sentenced to death a financial trader known as the 'Sultan of Coins', along with another man, the judiciary’s Mizan Online news agency reported.
"Two of those convicted of spreading corruption on earth in preliminary hearings had their case reviewed in the Supreme Court and were sentenced to death today," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said.
One of the two men set for death row was identified as Vahid Mazloumin — the trader popularly referred to as the 'Sultan of Coins' in Iranian media. The other man was named Mohammad-Esmaeel Ghasemi.
The pair first went on trial on September 8 over charges of "disrupting the economy" through the creation of a network trading in illegal currency and gold coins, Mizan reported.
A third person, Hamid Bagheri-Dermani, was also accused of corruption and sentenced to death in the preliminary hearings. His case is still up for appeal before the Supreme Court.
