Iranian lawmakers hit back at Ahmadinejad

Farhad Tajari, deputy chief of Iranian Parliament’s legal commission condemned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter to the Guardian Council questioning the legality of a number of legislations.

Tajari says: “The Guardian Council should react to the letter and defend its own credibility because the letter insinuates that the Guardian Council is not vigilant enough in its duties.”

Seyed Reza Akrami another Iranian lawmaker maintained that only the Guardian Council has authority to declare Parliamentary legislations illegal.

Abbas Rejai head of Parliament’s agricultural commission also defended the agricultural legislations of the Parliament and maintained that the Guardian Council has approved all these legislations and no one can question their validity.

The Parliament also questioned the publicizing of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter which bore a confidential stamp and blames the office of the president for releasing the letter with “all its blatant legal equivocations.”

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad released a letter on Monday to draw the attention of the Guardian Council to what he described as legal violations in three bills approved by the Parliament.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been at odds with the Parliament in recent months which has led to repeated threats being exchanged between the executive and legislative branches of the Islamic Republic.