Read these final seven lines of the judgment issued by the chief judge of Branch 1035 of the Tehran Criminal Court II.

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The response of the Central Bank’s Security Chief to the investigator regarding the non-cooperation of cryptocurrency platforms with the bank, as well as the lack of cooperation from the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) in investigating and following up on tax evasion claims, alongside the immense institutional backing of Sheikh Hassan Eskandari-Nia—to the extent that he officially blocked a tax audit in writing, stating, "I will not provide any documents to the Tax Administration!"

Do you remember?

Regardless of the legal arguments and the finality of the court's ruling, a single question remains for me as a simple journalist:

What is the scale of this alleged corruption (and I emphasize alleged) which Judge Amin Toysarkani deems unworthy of investigation—how many billions of dollars!!! and how many trillions of tomans!!! is it?

This is a very, very simple question, isn't it? Surely it is nothing, and the corruption claim is just a fantasy!

Now, a document has reached Abdi Media—which is not classified—in which the Chief of the Inspection Center of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance has demanded the Tax Disciplinary Prosecutor explain why, after 18 months, the directive of the Special Investigator for International Cases to investigate the tax evasion of the Zaviyeh Financial Group companies has not been executed?

Another document has also reached Abdi Media—this one classified—requesting the CEO and the Director General of Security of the Social Security Organization to rigorously audit the Zaviyeh companies regarding outstanding social security claims.

Do you think they can simply answer that fundamentally no tax evasion or social security evasion has occurred?

Now that the court verdict has been issued, the task should be easier, shouldn't it?

Of course, the case concerning the alleged tax evasion and social security liabilities of the Zaviyeh Financial Group companies—which despite extensive investigations did not lead to a decision in the primary case that culminated in the lower court's verdict—has still not reached a final decision in Branch 1 of the Court for Government Employees' Prosecutor's Office!!

Is the outcome of that case also crystal clear?!!!!