‘Gulf state is trying to destroy me’

An arms dealer claims a Gulf state is suing him to punish him and ‘destroy his reputation’, the High Court heard. Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima, 78, has been accused of misleading the Gulf state of Ras-al-Khaimah (RAK). The Emirate claims he colluded with Dr Khater Massaad, the former chief executive of the state’s investment body, RAKIA. Dr Massaad was convicted of global embezzlement and mismanagement during his tenure as boss and jailed for 15 years in his absence…