MP calls for answers on surveillance of fellow MP

Ahmad Tavakoli Iranian MP Ahmad Tavakoli has called for the Intelligence Minister to be summoned to Parliament over recent reports that an MP`s office was illegally wiretapped by an unknown group. The Mehr News Agency reports that Tavakoli said: “It is perplexing how the Intelligence Ministry could have tried to control a senior member of Parliament.” Tavakoli said such actions…

Ahmad Tavakoli

Iranian MP Ahmad Tavakoli has called for the Intelligence Minister to be summoned to Parliament over recent reports that an MP`s office was illegally wiretapped by an unknown group.

The Mehr News Agency reports that Tavakoli said: “It is perplexing how the Intelligence Ministry could have tried to control a senior member of Parliament.”

Tavakoli said such actions are a direct threat against independent and outspoken members of Parliament.

Ali Motahari, a veteran MP from the conservative faction, announced yesterday that he had discovered illegal wiretapping and video-surveillance equipment in his air-conditioning system.

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