Iran Executes `Sultan Of Coins` For Hoarding Gold
(WorldNews Iran)

Iran has executed the so-called `Sultan of Coins` and his accomplice for hoarding gold and other hard currency as the country faces an economic crisis in the wake of U.S. sanctions, Britain´s Daily Mail newspaper reports. Vahid Mazloumin, 58, and his accomplice, Mohammad Ismail Ghasemi, were hanged early on Wednesday, state TV reported. They had been convicted of manipulating coin and hard currency markets through illegal and unauthorized deals as well as smuggling. An unspecified number of other accomplices went to prison.Iran detained Mazloumin in July for hoarding two tons of gold coins and accused him of `spreading corruption on earth` - a capital offence under Iran`s Islamic laws....