Iranian Lawmakers Consider Summoning President To Question Over Plummeting Currency

A group of Iranian lawmakers sit on the floor during an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Iran’s parliament is planning to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be questioned over the country’s plummeting currency. It will be the second grilling of the increasingly embattled leader in less than a year. The state radio report on Sunday said that 77 lawmakers signed a petition on Saturday claiming that Ahmadinejad’s administration has been reluctant to regulate the currency market. By law the president has one month to answer the summons. <AP Photo/Vahid Salemi>