Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death

Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by jonesb6 on Sunday March 06, 2016 @07:49PM (#11236415)

Why do people who make a significant amount of money in countries like Russia, Turkey, China, etc, stay in their home countries?

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Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by mdahlstrand on Sunday March 06, 2016 @07:52PM (#11236422)

Because they are able to make significantly more money if they stay?

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Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by Ao7bei3s on Sunday March 06, 2016 @08:09PM (#11236464)

Also because they're their home countries. It's what they know and where their friends/family are.

And if you're rich enough that you can afford pretty much anything there, why would you move?

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Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by HillRat on Sunday March 06, 2016 @09:28PM (#11236714)

His wealth was connected to the patronage of the hardline Iranian government and his willingness and ability to help them evade international sanctions. In that, he's a bit like the Chechen operators who murdered Nemtsov and didn't bother to cover their tracks because they assumed they were protected by the Kremlin.

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Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by ameen on Sunday March 06, 2016 @08:05PM (#11236453)

How did you club Turkey in there?

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Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by dogma1138 on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:31AM (#11238312)

Erdogan has been cleaning house arresting and harassing journalists, judges, generals, and businessmen for years now.

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Re:Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death by drinchev on Monday March 07, 2016 @03:20AM (#11237743)

Turkey has a semi-dictatorship these days, no?

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