Ahmadinejad Vice President head of massive corruption ring

GVF -- A conservative member of the Iranian Parliament has accused Ahmadinejad’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi of being the head of an “economic corruption ring.”

During a parliamentary session held yesterday, MP Elyas Naderan saif that Ahmadinejad’s Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi was in charge of a corruption ring and made decision regarding resources and their distribution. “Almost all members of the ring have been arrested except him.” 

The recent scandal comes amidst a growing disagreement between the Iranian Parliament and the Ahmadinejad administration over the government's proposed subsidy cuts. MPs recently rejected a proposal by government to slash energy and food subsidies by $40 billion. 

Naderan stated that it was “unjust and wrong” that a person holding an executive position was immune from judicial action against him.

The conservative MP was referring to a corruption ring that was exposed by the Iranian judiciary more than four weeks ago. Close to a month ago, the corruption ring known as the “Fatemi ring” and the arrest of its members were mentioned in an open letter signed by 216 members of parliament. The letter pointed out that some of those arrested with “effective” roles in the scandal also had “high executive positions” in the government.

However, this was the first time an individual was named in relation to the corruption ring which is only one in a long list of corruption scandals that have surrounded the illegitimate Ahmadinejad government since its conception in 2005.

Ahmadinejad rose to power in 2005 with promises of spreading wealth and eradicating poverty and corruption.