Los Angeles Times | Sasol First-Half Profit Falls 63% After Oil and Chemical Decline Bloomberg Zanjani, who has denied all wrongdoing, was accused of embezzling $2.7 billion from the state-run National Iranian Oil Co. during transactions intended to circumvent international sanctions on crude exports, according to state media. Oil Minister Bijan ... Iran has sentenced one of its richest oil tycoons to death for corruption Iranian court sentences oil tycoon Babak Zanjani to death Iranian Billionaire Sentenced to Death Over Corruption in Oil Deals |