Tehran Court summons outgoing Ahmadinejad
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June 18, 2013, Tuesday
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IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was summoned yesterday to appear before a criminal court on unspecified charges leveled by a conservative rival, days after moderate cleric Hassan Rohani was elected his successor.
The summons was issued by a Tehran court and follows a complaint by Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. It did not elaborate on the complaint, saying only that Ahmadinejad would face the unnamed charges in November. He will leave office in August after Rohani's inauguration.
Larijani has used his position in parliament to lead a conservative campaign to undermine and block Ahmadinejad.
In February, Ahmadinejad tried to strike back and, addressing parliament, played a recorded conversation of Larijani's brother he said implicated the family in corruption.
The stunt backfired as the tape was not fully audible and Larijani dismissed the president from the chamber.
Ahmadinejad has hinted he has incriminating material on a number of prominent figures and has threatened to reveal it should his personal position or safety come under threat.
The summons was issued by a Tehran court and follows a complaint by Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. It did not elaborate on the complaint, saying only that Ahmadinejad would face the unnamed charges in November. He will leave office in August after Rohani's inauguration.
Larijani has used his position in parliament to lead a conservative campaign to undermine and block Ahmadinejad.
In February, Ahmadinejad tried to strike back and, addressing parliament, played a recorded conversation of Larijani's brother he said implicated the family in corruption.
The stunt backfired as the tape was not fully audible and Larijani dismissed the president from the chamber.
Ahmadinejad has hinted he has incriminating material on a number of prominent figures and has threatened to reveal it should his personal position or safety come under threat.
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