ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Reza Zarrab

Reza Zarrab is a man who is originally from Iran, a country in the Middle East. He became famous because of his involvement in a situation called a "scandal." A scandal is like when someone does something that is against the rules or the law, and it gets a lot of attention and people are very interested in it.

In this scandal, Reza Zarrab was accused of doing something illegal with money. You know how we use money to buy things and pay for things? Well, sometimes people try to do things with money that they are not supposed to do. Reza Zarrab was accused of one of these things.

He was accused of helping some people in Iran get around the rules that other countries had made about money. You see, sometimes different countries have different rules about money and how it can be used. These rules are called "sanctions." They are kind of like special instructions that say, "don't do this with your money."

Reza Zarrab was accused of finding a way for some people in Iran to buy things and do business with other countries, even though those countries had said, "No, you can't do that because of the rules." It's like if someone tells you that you can't play with a certain toy, but you find a way to play with it anyway.

The government in the United States, which is a country in North America, found out about what Reza Zarrab was doing and they didn't like it. They thought it was against the law and that he was breaking the rules of the United States. So, they arrested him and put him on trial to see if he was guilty or not guilty.

A trial is like a big important meeting where people talk about what happened and decide if someone did something wrong or not. During the trial, Reza Zarrab said that he did everything legally and that he didn't do anything wrong. He said that he was just helping people in Iran buy things and do business, but the rules said they couldn't.

In the end, Reza Zarrab was found guilty of doing something that was against the rules. He was sentenced to go to prison. Going to prison means that he has to live in a special place where people who break the rules have to go. He will have to stay there for a certain amount of time.

That's the story of Reza Zarrab. He became famous because he was accused of doing something illegal with money, and he was found guilty and had to go to prison. It's important to always follow the rules and not try to break them, even if we think we can get away with it.