TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s parliament announces it will hold a special session to question President Hassan Rouhani about the plummeting currency and struggling economy.
In the announcement on the parliament’s website, lawmakers says Rouhani must appear within a month in an open session to answer questions, but no specific date is announced.
The rial has slipped since the US pulled out of the nuclear deal in May and said it would restore sanctions that had been lifted in exchange for Iran curbing its atomic activities. The first of those renewed sanctions go into effect Monday.
Iran is negotiating with other world powers that are parties to the deal — China, Russia, Germany, France and Britain as well as the European Union — in a bid to salvage it with new incentives.
Pressure is building on Rouhani as Iran’s economic woes mount. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered Rouhani, the speaker of parliament and the head of the judiciary to work together and find a way to resolve the problems.
— AP
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