Iran's Majlis (parliament) has sent a letter to the country's monitoring organizations, asking them to provide it with relevant documents and evidence in the recent bank scam case, Press TV reported.
The Article 90 Commission of the Majlis, which is tasked with monitoring the extent of the conformity of the executive and judicial branches of the government with the law, has asked all organizations to submit their evidence within 48 hours.
"the commission has written to the Ministry of Intelligence, the General Inspection Organization, the Supreme Audit Court, Ministry of Economy, the Central Bank, and all the banks involved in the embezzlement in connection with this scam," Seyyed Fazel Mousavi, a member of the parliamentary commission, was quoted by Fars News Agency as saying on Saturday.
Seven state-owned and private Iranian banks are said to be involved in a USD 2.8-billion embezzlement case, which involved forging documents to secure multi-billion-dollar loans and purchase state-owned companies.
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani appointed Prosecutor General Hojjatoleslam Gholam- Hossein Mohseni-Ejei to investigate the case.
On September 27, Mohseni-Ejei announced that 22 people had been arrested in connection with the case and that the exact nature of the fraud is still under investigation.
Mousavi concluded that some organizations had so far responded to the Majlis letter and provide their documents to the Article 90 Commission while others had yet to reply.
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