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The defendants and their lawyers appeared Saturday at one of Tehran's revolutionary courts, which was open to the press, IRNA reported. "The activities of the Amir Mansour development company is an example of an organized gang that has undermined the economic security of the society," said Tehran prosecutor general, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, reading out the 200-page indictment. The main defendant was named by the Iranian Student News Agency as Mah Afarin Amir Khosravi who faces the charge of "corruption on earth," that carries the death penalty. "The Khosravis had modest life styles but a few years ago they decided to get loans," the Iranian Student News agency quoted Dolatabadi as saying. "In order to speed up the process, they established relations with some executive and political people and started giving bribes." Ahmadinejad has rejected accusations from his hardline rivals that Khosravi had links to the head of his presidential office, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie. The prosecution alleges the gang undermined the economic security of society through paying large bribes to bank and government officials to secure illicit loans and wealth. The names of other defendants were not published but during proceedings Dolatabadi indicated that Khosravi's four sons were central to the fraud. Accusations have also been leveled against Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former head of Bank Melli, who fled to Canada after the fraud was uncovered. The trial is likely to compound the power struggle between Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, which emerged in public last year. After a spat over the sacking of the intelligence minister, conservatives loyal to Khamenei launched a sustained campaign to intimidate the president by arresting close advisers and accusing him of challenging the Supreme Leader's authority. 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