Iran’s Judiciary seizes assets of 240 individuals over collaboration with Israel, other hostile regimes
Iran’s Judiciary has seized assets belonging to as many as 240 individuals over collaboration with hostile regimes, including the Israeli regime.
The Judiciary’s Media Center reported the development on Monday, saying the seizures had been carried out in recent months under judicial orders and pursuant to a law imposing tougher penalties for espionage and collaboration with hostile regimes against Iran’s national security and interests.
According to the report, the individuals had collaborated with the regimes in question and contributed to inflicting extensive damage to infrastructure and public places, including schools, universities, research centers, industrial facilities, and other sites.
The law, formally titled the “Law on Intensifying Penalties for the Crime of Espionage and Collaboration” with hostile regimes, provides severe penalties for offenses, including sabotage, intelligence gathering, and cyber, military or media collaboration.
Addressing the asset seizures, the Judiciary’s spokesman Ali Kazemi said, “These assets belong to the Iranian people,” adding that the Judiciary would pursue the matter to ensure they were used to compensate victims for their losses.
According to the spokesman, some seized assets belonged to so-called journalists working for counterrevolutionary media outlets, including “Iran International and Manoto,” as well as activists, managers of hostile media outlets, and notorious overseas-based treasonous figures.
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The Judiciary identified a case recently resulting in a final judgment as one involving Sadeq Saedinia, who used to be active in the café industry.
According to the Judiciary, Saedinia would post stories on social media and echo calls for subversive action by counterrevolutionary and hostile groups. The Judiciary ruled that the person in question had sided with the enemy and, by inciting his followers, helped create conditions for unrest in the holy north-central Iranian city of Qom and subsequent destruction of public and private property during foreign-backed riots last December.
Saedinia was sentenced to 12 years, six months, and one day in prison, as well as asset seizure for agitation targeting the country’s security in favor of hostile groups.
The Judiciary, meanwhile, said 182 bank accounts belonging to the collaborators had been frozen nationwide, while more than 2,000 inquiries had been made to the Central Bank regarding their accounts.
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