Tehran, Nov 9, IRNA -- The Majlis will debate the issue of rotten meat Sunday in an open session attended by some eight state, security and Judiciary officials related to the case, the press reported Saturday.

The Persian-language 'Entekhab' quoted the rapporteur of the Majlis Agriculture Commission, Khalil Aqaei, as saying that the session will try to find out how and in what quantities rotten meat has been imported into the country, and will announce the results on the same day.

Aqaei added that the minister of agriculture, minister of commerce, Chairman of the Customs Administration, deputy minister of the interior for security affairs, deputy minister of information, representative of the Justice Department, the ruling judge of the case, and the first Majlis vice-speaker will attend the session.

He highlighted the need that the root cause of the issue will be addressed, stressing that the case takes its stem from smuggling currently rampant in the Islamic Republic.

The deputy from Meshkinshahr said the fact that all concerned officials say they are unaware of the details of the case is a sign that "they are only trying to put the blame on others, or want to escape the responsibility for a probe."

Aqaei further stressed that if a fundamental campaign is launched in the case of imported rotten meat, the dark points in the case would be known.

The Health Ministry recently reported that several hundred tones of rotting frozen meat have been clandestinely imported into Iran from remote southern ports, and have been distributed in at least 10 out of Iran's 28 provinces.

The meat, originated in India, had been initially imported by Persian Gulf countries, where they had been rejected for carrying the sarcosystis parasites.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a directive has called on the Judiciary to follow the case seriously, and has authorized the judge in the case to declare death penalties for the culprits.