Iran: Resignation Imminent For Central Bank Deputy Over Financial Scandal
Peyvand News,Com / Radio Zamaneh
02-Oct-2011 (one comment)

The Deputy Head of Iran's Central Bank, Hamid Pour-Mohammadi, has been told to resign in connection with the $3-billion bank fraud, Iranian media report.

The Mehr news agency reports that Pour-Mohammadi has been advised to resign before he is dismissed from his position, and the report indicates his resignation is imminent.

Pour-Mohammadi is reportedly in charge of supervising the banking system, and reports say his "weak actions" in addressing the illegal actions of those involved in the embezzlement case are at the root of his impending resignation.

Mahmoudreza Khavari, the head of Iran's Melli Bank, recently resigned from his position, apologizing to Iran's Supreme Leader and the Iranian people for the involvement of some Melli bank branches in the fraud.

 

Khavari left Iran for Canada soon after his resignation, raising many eyebrows. Yesterday, Prosecutor General Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei advised him to return and answer to the rumours circling about him.

Khavari was scheduled to return to Iran on Thursday, but so far there has been no word of his return.

The head of the Bank of Saderat, Mohammad Jahromi, who was dismissed from his position after the bank fraud was uncovered, has alleged that Khavari left the... >>>

Simorgh5555

Fraudulent IR Banker resignation imminent

by Simorgh5555 on Sun Oct 02, 2011 03:11 AM PDT

So the head of Bank Meli does a runner to Canada. Soon he will claim asylum, claim political persecution and wear a green wrist band and shout 'Mousavi'. The government of Canada should not be fooled by this cheap ruses. Find Khavari and send him back on a flight to Iran to face the music. Let the devil's chicken come to roost. 


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