In IRAN, impeachment does not stop with removal from office...
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| Iranian Transportation Minister Impeached | |
| 2004-10-04 | |
In the latest blow to the administration of reformist President Mohammad Khatami, Iran's conservative-dominated parliament impeached the transportation minister on Sunday, accusing him of financial mismanagement and a shady aviation deal. After several hours of debate, 188 legislators voted to strip Ahmad Khorram of his Cabinet post. Fifty-eight voted in his favor and nine abstained. Conservative lawmakers raised loud cheers of "Allahu akbar" or "God is great." A senior conservative lawmaker, former deputy foreign minister Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said the vote was parliament's "show of strength." The conservatives accused Khorram of financial mismanagement and of jeopardizing Iran's security by signing a deal with TAV, a Turkish-Austrian aviation consortium, to operate at the new Imam Khomeini International Airport on the outskirts of Tehran.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Lazy and idiotic MSM journalists notwithstanding, what exactly is an Iranian "reformist"? Someone who believes in hanging children instead of stoning them to death? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-04 1:58:21 PM |
| #5 In IRAN, impeachment does not stop with removal from office... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-04 1:54:52 PM |
| #4 Hogged the Toyota franchise dealerships... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-04 10:37:58 AM |
| #3 ..the administration of reformist President Mohammad Khatami,.. Haaahahahahaaahahahaaahahahaaaaaa....... Well, that was a good laugh for today... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-04 10:35:01 AM |
| #2 Feelings about the Turkish contract rose so high that the elite Revolutionary Guards, who support the conservatives, shut down the airport on the day of its inauguration in May. The airport remains closed. The mullahs' international airport is still the best place on the planet for skateboarding, roller skating and go-carting. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-10-04 5:31:43 AM |
| #1 He was probably deemed too secular for the ayatollahs. Ayat-ollah means: light from allah (fictitious Muslim deity) |
| Posted by: Anonymous4336 2004-10-04 2:49:21 AM |