Iranian MPs' resignation letter - text

MPs have been angered by the ban

The following is the text of identical resignation letters submitted by more than 100 members of Iran's parliament, protesting at the disqualification of thousands of candidates from elections due on 20 February.

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

To the honourable Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Majlis, Hojjat ol-Eslam val-Moslemin Mehdi Karrubi, peace and greetings.

The failure to respect the nation's rights, the pursuit of an illegal disqualification process by the Guardian Council and the precedent that is being created in the supervision of the elections make it impossible for a free, fair, just and legal election to take place for the seventh Majlis.

These illegal actions are such that I am no longer able to act in accordance with the oath that we took on the basis of Article 67 of the constitution.

I hereby present my resignation from the post of deputy on the basis of Articles 92 and 93 of the Internal Regulations of the Majlis, and in protest at the destruction of the republican aspect of the system and the transformation of the Islamic Consultative Majlis into a non-popular and ceremonial Majlis.

I should be grateful if you could order the necessary legal procedure in relation to my resignation as soon as possible.

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