The sentence against Hamid Baghaei is the longest for a former official in Iran in decades. Tehran's Justice Department says the verdict was reached yesterday.
Baghaei was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vice president in charge of executive affairs. He was briefly detained in 2015, and his trial on corruption charges began later that year but he wasn't in custody.
In May, Baghaei applied to run for president but was rejected. He has 20 days to appeal.
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