![In this May 17, 2016, photo, Farhad Azima, the owner, chairman and chief executive officer of Kansas City-based Aviation Leasing Group poses for a photo at his home in Kansas City, Mo. The Associated Press has learned that the Iranian-born aviation mogul, described as holding a stay-out-of-jail card over his past work for the CIA, is the focus of a new global criminal corruption case. Authorities in the U.S. and abroad are investigating Azima as part of a global corruption case. Investigators are examining whether Azima, now 75, paid a kickback to a former United Arab Emirates official to reap the profits from a hotel sale in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Jill Toyoshiba/The Kansas City Star via AP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IMUC5E5YMZ66Y7ZE4QZWRPVPYA.jpg?smart=true&auth=bbf189c38ebe2856ebe87fb17ec1f85cac095d2d239d1508dd5af57b9e9074e1&width=400&height=225)
Farhad Azima has been embroiled in a legal battle with Rakia after their relationship turned sour. AP
Farhad Azima has been embroiled in a legal battle with Rakia after their relationship turned sour. AP
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