Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Babak Zanjani" in English language version.
The full exposure of such corruptions scandalizes not only the crook who engaged in such financial atrocities, but those who enabled him and are now using him as "the fall guy".
Zanjani serves as a fall guy for the current government's attempt, at least in public, to break with the cronyism of the Ahmadinejad era.
Scott Lucas, an Iran specialist at Birmingham University in England, suspects that Mr Zanjani will become the "fall guy" for corruption scandals involving powerful figures and institutions during the Ahmadinejad era. "More senior figures are likely to escape unscathed, provided Mr Zanjani pays the price," Mr Lucas said.