Iranian MPs to Vote on Retaliatory Bill Against US on Sunday

Rasa - Iranian lawmakers are set to vote on a motion which incorporates a host of retaliatory measures in the face of US “acts of terror” and “adventurism” in the region, a senior lawmaker announced.

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Date: 11 August 2017 - 22:21

RNA - "The bill, which was passed by the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Wednesday, will be put on the parliament’s agenda next Sunday," the commission's Rapporteur Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said on Thursday.

Naqavi Hosseini said that the bill will take into consideration the aspects of US hostile measures in the region and their behavior in different areas such as acts of terrorism and human rights violations which will be put under close monitoring.

"The bill allocates some $609 million to several state bodies, including the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, the Judiciary, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and its Qods Force, to monitor and probe the US actions in the region," he added.

Iranian lawmakers had passed the single-urgency motion with 93 percent of the votes, referring it to the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission for further consultation with different state organizations and legislative bodies

The motion comes in response to the US violations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear energy program and Washington’s new sanctions against Tehran’s missile activities, the latest round of which was adopted last month.

Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) clinched the JCPOA on July 14, 2015 and began implementing it in January 2016.

The UN Security Council later unanimously endorsed a resolution that effectively turned the JCPOA into international law.

Under the agreement, limits were put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related bans against the Islamic Republic.

However, the US Senate and Treasury Department have imposed new sanctions against the Islamic Republic and several Iranian companies and individuals in recent months over its national missile program, which is not in breach of the JCPOA.

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