2025 Mirsalim-Ghalibaf spat over Majlis bribery claims
Reports said Mostafa Mirsalim alleged ministers bring gift bags during impeachments; Speaker Ghalibaf called it slander and said Majlis would sue; the judiciary spokesman confirmed a Branch 14 case was opened.
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- Mirsalim: ministers arrive with gift bags for impeachment - Khabaronline, citing Mirsalim's Eghtesad 120 interview, reported he claimed ministers bring gift-filled bags for impeachment sessions and leave with them empty, calling gifts bribe-like, and questioned how MPs fund multi-billion-toman campaigns. ادعای میرسلیم درباره رشوه برخی وزرا به نمایندگان مجلس
- Ghalibaf: Mirsalim remarks are slander; Majlis will sue - Iran International and Tabnak reported the speaker told the floor Mirsalim's clip was public-opinion disturbance and a slander against Majlis, that the board would sue, and that the prosecutor general should intervene. MPs demanded documentation. اظهارات میرسلیم درباره رشوهخواری نمایندگان مجلس؛ قالیباف تهدید به شکایت کرد
- Judiciary: Majlis complaint case opened at Branch 14 - Etemad Online reported spokesman Asghar Jahangir said Majlis legal affairs wrote the prosecutor general over Mirsalim's remarks; Tehran's prosecutor referred the file on 21 May 2025 to the government employees' prosecutor's office, opening Branch 14 investigation. توضیحات قوه قضاییه درباره پرونده شکایت مجلس از میرسلیم در شعبه ۱۴ بازپرسی