President Hassan Rohani was summoned to parliament on 28 August for questioning – following his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as only the second sitting president forced to appear before parliament in the Islamic Republic’s history. The unravelling of the nuclear deal and return of US sanctions has destroyed Mr Rohani’s centerpiece achievement leaving him critically wounded and vulnerable to hardline opponents.
Mr Rohani’s parliamentary grilling predictably focused on Iran’s economic nosedive – notably the plunge in the value of the rial. The process provided an opportunity for MPs to make fiery grandstanding speeches. (CONTINUED - 1032 WORDS)
