Karbashi court; The most controversial financial corruption case of the 1970s Gholamhossein Karbaschi, the mayor of Tehran during the presidency of Hashemi Rafsanjani, was tried in 1377 on charges of embezzlement, illegal possession of public property, collusion in municipal transactions and illegal payments. Court sessions were publicly televised from June 7 to July 11, 1988; A rare event that followed millions of Iranians. This court was held during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami and became one of the most important political and legal events in the country. Finally, Karbashi was convicted and imprisoned for a while, but his supporters believed that the case had a political aspect and his opponents saw him as an example of the fight against corruption.
Although this case was not the first embezzlement of the Islamic Republic, it became one of the most famous corruption cases in the history of the Islamic Republic due to the position of the mayor of Tehran and the live telecast. safety.