DUBAI/GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran arrested a businessman subject to U.S. and European Union sanctions on Monday, Iranian media reported, as officials met in Geneva for further talks on the country's nuclear programme.
Babak Zanjani, the chairman of Sorinet Group, was arrested on Monday afternoon, Mehr news agency quoted judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei as saying. Iran's state news agency IRNA cited an unnamed source as saying Zanjani had been transferred to Evin prison in Tehran.
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