An Iranian court has issued a death sentence against an Iranian oil tycoon, a judiciary spokesman told reporters Sunday, in a case widely portrayed as a symbol of corruption during the administration of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Babak Zanjani, 41, one of Iran’s wealthiest businessmen, was sentenced to death along with two other defendants, a judiciary spokesman told the state media here. Zanjani, with a reported estimated net worth of $14 billion, had previously been blacklisted by both the United States and the European Union for helping Iran sell oil in violation of international sanctions. In 2013, the U.S. Treasury Dept. accused Zanjani of being involved in a multibillion dollar scheme to launder cash in a sanctions-busting maneuver. Those allegations came before last year’s deal between Iran and world powers that ended most nuclear-related sanctions in exchange for constraints on Tehran’s nuclear program . But Zanjani also faced […]