TEHRAN � Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on Monday summonsed to appear before the criminal court following a complaint lodged by parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, the government website announced.
The summons orders Ahmadinejad to appear before the court on November 26, website�Dolat.ir�said.

It said the case arises from "a complaint lodged by Mr Ali Larijani" as well as by a parliamentary commission.

"The charge is not specified in the notice," the statement said, without elaborating.

Relations between government and parliament soured during the final phase of Ahmadinejad's eight-year presidency, with bad blood between the two branches spilling into the open in February over the impeachment of a minister.

During the session, squabbling broke out in which Ahmadinejad and Larijani got into verbal fight.

Ahmadinejad will be replaced by Hassan Rowhani as president on August 3 following presidential elections last Friday.

By AFP

 

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