Ahmadinejad forced to face parliament over scandal
Mr Ahmadinejad would be the first president to be hauled before the Iranian parliament, a serious blow to his standing in a the conflict involving the president, MPs and Iran’s powerful clerics.
At least 73 MPs signed the petition to question Mr Ahmadinejad, just above one-quarter of the 290 members required by Iran’s constitution to call in a president.
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Hide AdEarlier, the parliament found Mr Ahmadinejad’s economics minister guilty in relation to a £1.6 million fraud case.
This is just one of several economic misconduct cases that target Ahmadinejad allies. Mr Ahmadinejad has been wrestling with the parliament and the clergy in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March and a presidential election in 2013.
Dozens of his political backers have been arrested or hounded out of the public eye by hard-line forces in recent months.