Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has waded into the debate over allegations that 75 lawmakers were bribed not to vote for the impeachment of former minister of industry, mine and trade, Seyyed Reza Fatemi Amin.
“We will not hesitate a moment in pursuing this issue and any wrongdoing will be dealt with,” he said.
“I will allow no one to toy with the reputation of the parliament.”
MPs removed Fatemi Amin from office on Sunday with 162 votes in favor and 102 against, with 2 abstentions.
He survived a similar impeachment last year.
Earlier, an Iranian lawmaker representing the northwestern city of Tabriz claimed that 75 lawmakers were handed receipts to purchase two Chinese brands of cars from the authorized agencies in Iran.
That’s amid dramatic rise in market prices that create a massive profit for anyone who is drawn to buy a car from the manufacturer.
The same issue led to the impeachment of Fatemi Amin.
Ali Asghar Khaji, a Senior Advisor to Iran’s Foreign Minister, stated in an interview with…
US President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of…
Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian…
Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has warned of…
Donald Trump wants to bring Moscow and Kyiv to the negotiating table to end the…
The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi, has vowed a decisive…