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Iran parliament attempts to thwart Ahmadinejad's comeback

Concerns about former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's return to office has made Iran's parliament publish a list of violations committed by his administration.

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Then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves after a meeting with Vietnam's National Assembly's Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in Hanoi, Nov. 10, 2012. — REUTERS/Kham

Iran’s parliament has published a list of 24 violations they accuse Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of committing and requested the judiciary to pursue the cases, a move that appears to be aimed at thwarting Ahmadinejad's plans for a return to politics.

Some of the more serious cases appear to be accusations that his administration used government-subsidized exchanged rates for the import of luxury cars, a rate that is reserved for the purchase of vital goods, involvement in an attack on speaker of parliament Ali Larijani during his speech in Qom in February 2013 and the illegal borrowing of money through the Central Bank.

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