Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.12/ Trend F.Milad/
The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has said that Canada's defence attaché in Islamabad has been called on to prosecute former head of Iran's Melli Bank, Mahmoud-Reza Khavari who is involved in a $2.6 billion fraud case.
Ramin Mehmanparast added that Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Khavari, the Mehr News Agency reported. Canada's chargé d'affaires has also been contacted in this regard, Mehmanparast noted.
There is close cooperation between the foreign ministry and Interpol to return Khavari to the country, he noted. He emphasised Iran does not recognise Khavari's dual nationality. So, Canada is obliged to extradite Khavari to Iran.
Interpol has placed the former head of Iran's Bank Melli, Mahmoud Reza Khavari, on its Red Notice Wanted list, the Fars News agency quoted a top judiciary official as saying. Nasser Seraj added that Interpol has issued the verdict in order to prosecute Khavari.
Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei called on Interpol to arrest and hand over Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former managing director of Bank Melli, who fled to Canada after the $2.6 billion financial fraud case was uncovered.
The embezzlement case started in 2007 by the Amir Mansour Arya Investment Company, headed by Khosravi, and progressed in 2010 after some Iranian major banks, including Bank Saderat and Bank Melli, issued loans to the company.
Iranian officials say that the case involved the use of fraudulent documents to obtain credit for this investment company, one of the country's top financial institutions. The company then used them to purchase assets such as state-owned companies.