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Monday, June 22, 2015
Iran's Parliament Approves Imposing Conditions on Nuclear Talks
Iran's parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the outline of a bill that, if passed, would impose strict conditions on any nuclear deal with world powers, Reuters reported.
The draft bill must still pass through parliament and then the Guardian Council, an unelected body close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before becoming law, the report noted.
The draft was approved by 199 of the 213 lawmakers present, underlining significant domestic pressure on Iran's negotiating team.
The bill would require sanctions to be lifted immediately and bar UN inspectors from military sites, a position that the United States and France have said they will not accept. (READ MORE)
