Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.31 / Trend R.Zamanov /
Akbar Torkan, an advisor to Iran's President, said that transferring 160 billion dollars (some $5 million based on the rate of USD at the free market) to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iranians University is a criminal act and against the law.
Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly withdrew 160 billion Rials from his official presidential bank account in the final minutes of his term in office in July and transferred the amount to a newly established university named Iranians.
"The money transfer was completely illegal and Ahmadinejad's administration had no right to do such athing ," Torkan said.
"First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri has confirmed that the move is illegal," he said, adding that the government would follow the issue.
It is while Iran's Former Vice President Hamid Baghaei has claimed that the move was completely legal.
Ahmadinejad plans to establish a private university in capital city of Tehran. The country's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has accepted Ahmadinejad`s application to establish the university.
Ahmadinejad has appointed his fellow-workers to new posts at his university. Ex-minister of economy and finance Shamsaddin Hosseini, and ex-head of Iranian presidential administration Hamid Baghaei have been appointed as deputies in the university.
Ahmadinejad also appointed his ex-Vice president in planning Behrouz Moradi to a post. The ex-president himself was said to devote most of his time to the university.
There were some reports published about Iranian Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution not approving the list of university founders because of such people as Esfandiyar Mashaei and Hamid Baghaee being on it, who were previously criticized by conservatives and religious leaders of Iran.