08.02.2012                      15.Schwat. 5772                      Tu BiSchwat

Teheran:

Iran parliament summons Ahmadinejad over economic policy

100 assembly members sign petition to grill President, in what analysts see as part of deepening political infighting among the Islamic Republic's hardline rulers before a parliamentary election.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will appear in parliament next month to be grilled on his handling of the economy, state radio reported on Tuesday, after lawmakers took the unprecedented action of summoning him.
Around 100 members of the 290-seat assembly signed a petition to call up Ahmadinejad, in what analysts saw as part of deepening political infighting among the Islamic Republic's hardline rulers before a parliamentary election on March 2….