15 Iranian MPs signed a document suggesting the impeachment of Foreign Minster Ali Akbar Salehi following the appointment of Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh as deputy foreign minister.

Ten signatures are legally enough to impeach a minister at parliament. MPs claim Sharif Malekzadeh has some corruption and law-violation record under investigation in judicature system of Iran, Iranian media reports. Recently, Iranian Judicature System started massive investigations of corruption dossiers about officials close to Mashaei. First Vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Vise president Hamid Baghaei and some of seniors were charged with corruption.