Iran parliament to make final decision on JCPOA
Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says the lawmakers are set to take their final decision about the nuclear agreement between Iran and P5+1 group of countries in the coming weeks.
Larijani said on Saturday that a 15-member ad hoc committee, which has been set up through lawmakers’ vote, is still reviewing the nuclear agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Given the multi-layered nature of the JCPOA, relevant Majlis committees, including the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, are also discussing various aspects of the agreement, he added.
The Iranian Parliament on August 19 appointed 15 lawmakers as members of an ad hoc committee tasked with reviewing the Vienna nuclear agreement.
The decision to form the committee was made after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a Majlis session one week after the conclusion of the agreement on July 21 to hand over a copy of the JCPOA and brief the lawmakers on it.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday insisted that the Majlis be involved in the examination of the JCPOA.
“I have no recommendation for the Majlis regarding the manner of the review or whether they should ratify or reject it. It is the representatives of the nation who should decide,” said Ayatollah Khamenei.
On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 countries – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – finalized the text of the JCPOA in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
Under the JCPOA, limits will be put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.
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