Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 19 /Trend T.Konyayeva, T.Jafarov/
Twenty-two members of the Iranian Parliament have signed a draft document to impeach Minister of Economy and Finance Shamseddin Hosseini and submitted the issue to the parliament's presidium, Mehr News Agency reported.
MPs accused Hosseini of not providing a control over banks and other financial institutions, abuse of power and improper performance of relevant functions
Iran's parliament started debates on impeachment of Hosseini on Sept. 30 after obtaining new documents related a $2.8 billion fraud scandal, which is described as Iran's biggest case of embezzlement ever.
According to the documents, Iranian Bank Saderat, Bank Melli, Tat Bank, the Central Bank of Iran and the Economy Ministry were involved in the financial scandal.
Following the scandal, a number of Iran's top financial officials, including the heads of Bank Saderat, Melli and Tourism resigned.