Reading of the 30 trillion tomans report on 'oil violations' of Ahmadinejad's government in Parliament

The Iranian Parliament reported on over 30 trillion tomans of 'oil violations' during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government, with the Court of Audit issuing rulings including the disqualification of the former police chief from public service. According to the report, several commanders of the Police Cooperation Foundation have been arrested regarding the case of unpaid oil sales by the police. The report from the Parliament's Program and Budget Commission, read on Sunday, April 15, indicates that Ahmadinejad's government spent around 23 trillion tomans of oil export revenue on gasoline imports without parliamentary approval from 2008 to 2012. The commission stated that the Court of Audit issued a condemnation ruling against 'relevant officials' in 2009, which was confirmed by the Court of Appeal in 2013. Furthermore, in 2009, Ahmadinejad's government spent 4 trillion tomans on gasoline and gas oil imports without parliamentary authorization. The commission noted that the advisory board of the Court of Audit condemned Ahmadinejad in 2012 to 'compensate' 4.6 trillion tomans by transferring this amount from the accounts of the National Iranian Oil Company to the treasury. Previously, reports from the 'House of Nation' website, affiliated with the Parliament, indicated that Ahmadinejad did not execute this ruling during his presidency. The commission reported that this 'violation' has been sent to the judiciary, and the case is currently being examined in the 15th investigation branch of the 28th district of the Government Employees Court. The report also mentioned several other 'violations' of Ahmadinejad's government, including the non-settlement of over 6 billion dollars from the 'price of gas condensates delivered to petrochemical companies.' The prosecutor of the Court of Audit stated in August 2017 that Ahmadinejad has seven definitive and enforceable rulings in this court, five of which are oil-related and two non-oil-related. According to one of these rulings, Ahmadinejad was obligated to return 7 trillion tomans to the national treasury. However, the prosecutor noted that 'Ahmadinejad will never acquire as much as 7 trillion tomans to be confiscated and returned to the treasury, so the execution of the ruling may not be feasible.' The Court of Audit is a supervisory body affiliated with the Parliament, responsible for overseeing the budget expenditures of all government agencies and other entities using government funds. This court has a prosecutor and advisory boards that can issue rulings such as salary deductions and temporary suspensions for individuals whose violation cases have been finalized. Previously, Mohammad Reza Tabesh, a member of the Parliament's Program and Budget Commission, stated that according to the Supreme Audit Court's report, Ahmadinejad's government had a total of 26.8 trillion tomans in legal violations or delays in settlements from 2008 to 2012. Meanwhile, after the reading of the commission's report, three members of Parliament criticized the omission of Ahmadinejad's name from the reported 'violations.' Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Parliament, stated that 'the Court of Audit and the prosecutor's office are pursuing' these 'violations.' The disqualification of the former police chief from public service is another case involving the non-settlement of 600 billion tomans by the police with the National Oil Company for oil exports in 2012, for which a ruling has been issued by the Court of Audit. Additionally, according to the report from the Program and Budget Commission, Ahmadinejad's government delivered a crude oil shipment worth over 185 million dollars for sale to the police in 2012. The commission noted that 'despite repeated follow-ups,' the National Iranian Oil Company has not received payment for this shipment, and according to the financial calculations of the National Oil Company's contracts, over 9 million dollars in 'interest' has accrued by the end of 2016. The police are also indebted to the National Oil Company for another shipment received in 2013, amounting to over 600 million tomans. The commission stated that the prosecutor's office of the Court of Audit summoned Rostam Qasemi, the former oil minister, Ahmad Ghalebani, the former CEO of the National Oil Company, and Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam, the former police chief. According to the report, the second advisory board of the Court of Audit acquitted the oil minister and the head of the National Oil Company but found the police chief's 'violation' valid due to 'failure to take effective and timely action regarding the payment of the transaction amount,' obliging him to deposit 18 million dollars into the national treasury. The commission also stated that in 2014, Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam was sentenced to temporary suspension from public service and again requested the deposit of 18 million dollars to the treasury, which the Police Cooperation Foundation announced it would return, but did not fulfill its promise. The commission reported that due to the 'lack of transparent information' from the commanders of the Police Cooperation Foundation regarding this issue, the judicial organization of the armed forces has 'arrested them along with several related individuals,' but the ruling for this case has not yet been issued. The report did not mention the names of those arrested. Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam, on October 7, 2014, confirmed the details of selling two oil shipments worth 240 million dollars by this police agency during Ahmadinejad's government, acknowledging that six million dollars of this money has not yet been deposited into the government's treasury. According to Ahmadi Moghadam, 180 million dollars of this amount was directly spent on 'salary shortfalls' for police personnel and was not deposited into the government treasury. Mohammad Hosseini, a member of Parliament, also reported on July 6, 2017, without naming anyone, that a ruling of suspension from service had been issued for a senior former police official due to this police force's 'oil debt' to the government. Meanwhile, the Khabar Online website reported that the reason for Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam's dismissal from the police command was a financial 'corruption' case of 1.2 trillion tomans in the Police Cooperation Foundation. This website reported that in addition to the 'two-day arrest' of Ahmadi Moghadam, at least 12 senior officials of the Police Cooperation Foundation, including Brigadier General Abolfazl Ghanbarpour, the former CEO of this foundation, are also involved in this case. Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam has denied these reports. The police spokesman, however, confirmed the arrest of several commanders of the Police Cooperation Foundation without providing details. The Program and Budget Commission's report also stated that 'a significant number of violations' that occurred during Ahmadinejad's government 'are documented based on the resolutions of the Special Economic Measures Headquarters.' According to this commission, 'the legal basis for establishing this headquarters is not clear,' and the Parliament should take legal action in this regard. According to government officials, the Special Economic Measures Headquarters was established by a resolution of the Supreme National Security Council and the approval of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the 'sanction period' to make 'special' decisions, and all its resolutions are 'completely classified.'