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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3236370, member: 4910&quot;]Iran executes the &quot;Sultan of Coins&quot; for hoarding gold coins</p><p><br /></p><p>From CNN News:</p><p><br /></p><p>Vahid Mazloumin, a mogul known for his work in the gold coin trade and nicknamed the &quot;Sultan of Coins,&quot; and his accomplice Mohammad-Esmaeil Qassemi were found guilty of forming a &quot;smuggling gang&quot; that manipulated the domestic currency market and made &quot;illegal deals,&quot; Iran&#039;s state-run IRNA news said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mazloumin, 58, was arrested in July and sentenced to death in October for allegedly hoarding the coins, a move which Iran said destabilized the country&#039;s currency market, IRNA reported.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNN article:</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/middleeast/iran-currency-executions-intl/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/middleeast/iran-currency-executions-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/middleeast/iran-currency-executions-intl/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>CBS News article with photograph of Iran gold coins:</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-executes-sultan-of-coins-economic-crisis-us-sanctions-trump-nuclear-deal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-executes-sultan-of-coins-economic-crisis-us-sanctions-trump-nuclear-deal" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-executes-sultan-of-coins-economic-crisis-us-sanctions-trump-nuclear-deal</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Illustration of modern Iran gold (bullion) coins with the Ayatollah Khomeini on one side and a mosque on the other:</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/iran-currency-1/10500270" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/iran-currency-1/10500270" rel="nofollow">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/iran-currency-1/10500270</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Details on modern Iran gold coins:</p><p><a href="https://www.ukbullion.com/bahar-azadi-gold-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ukbullion.com/bahar-azadi-gold-coins" rel="nofollow">https://www.ukbullion.com/bahar-azadi-gold-coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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