Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 3 /Trend T.Konyayeva, T.Jafarov/
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei in his today's speech called on media not to exaggerate the recent embezzelment case and to enable persons, who are responsible for the case, to perform their duties, IRINN TV reported.
Khamenei authorized the judiciary to inform people in due time about the process of investigation.
At the same time, the cleric urged Iranians not to feel sorry for bribe-takers, embezzlers and infringers.
Two weeks earlier, 22 suspects were arrested over the corruption case in Bank Saderat, one of Iran's major banks.
During the last two weeks, a number of Iran's top financial officials, including the heads of Bank Saderat, Melli and Tourism were retired after a $2.8 billion fraud scandal, which is described as Iran's biggest case of embezzlement ever.
On Sept. 30, Iran's parliament started discussing an issue of taking a decision to impeach Minister of Economy and Finance Shamseddin Hosseini, member of the parliament Mousarza Sarvati said.
The Economy Ministry along with Bank Saderat, Bank Melli, Tat Bank and the Central Bank of were involved in the financial scandal, he added.