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Iran expels bank chief, orders arrest of corrupt official after salaries scandal

Politics Materials 26 June 2016 17:56 (UTC +04:00)
The Iranian government has expelled the president of Bank Refah after a salaries scandal brought a heavy barrage of criticism to President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet.
Iran expels bank chief, orders arrest of corrupt official after salaries scandal

Tehran, Iran, June 26

By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:

The Iranian government has expelled the president of Bank Refah after a salaries scandal brought a heavy barrage of criticism to President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet.

The former bank president was laid off and a new president will be introduced tomorrow, Minister of Labor Ali Rabii said, IRIB news agency reported June 26.

In a relevant move, the country’s Judiciary ordered to arrest a suspect official involved in the case.

One of the officials refused from introducing his pay slip, after which his arrest order was issued, General Inspection Organization chief Nasser Seraj told reporters the same day.

Seraj did not say who he meant.

The scandal was stirred after pay slips of a number of officials from Bank Refah went viral on social media around Iran.

The slips showed the officials had received salaries a few tens of times greater than average Iranians receive.

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