IFP - An Iranian lawmaker claims the Saudis have sent agents to Iran to collect some 3.5 million gold coins from Iran and transfer them to Iraq in a bid to disrupt the Islamic Republic�s economy.






The claim was made by Javad Karimi Qoddosui, a member of the Iranian Parliament�s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

�Over the past two months, three million and five hundred gold coins were collected from the country and transferred to Iraq�s Sulaymaniyah,� said the MP, as reported by Fararu news website.

He further claimed that the Saudis have set up a base in Sulaymaniyah to launch an economic war against Iran.
�The Saudis commissioned 13 individuals to buy whatever gold coins and dollars available on the Tehran market,� said the legislator.

He claimed they were on a mission to buy all the gold coins and the greenback on the market, even at 20% higher than the going rate.

�The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested three of them,� he added.

�People demand officials try and punish these individuals,� he said.

�Execute these individuals!� he said, addressing authorities.

Karimi Qoddusi, a conservative MP and critical of the administration of President Hassan Rouhani, is known for his fiery speeches against the Iran nuclear deal. Following Washington�s unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA, he is now more critical of the Rouhani administration�s foreign policy.