Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 43

24-Oct-2011

IRAN

Majlis Deputies File Impeachment Motion Against Finance Minister

Twenty-two members of Irans Majlis (parliament) filed a motion of impeachment against Iranian Minister of Finance Shamseddin Hosseini and submitted it to the office of the Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on 19 October. The MPs demanded that Mr Hosseini should be prosecuted for his negligent oversight of the countrys banking system following a $2.6bn embezzlement case that...