Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 13
By Khalid Kazimov - Trend:
The Iranian Guardian Council is expected to review a controversial bill on implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA aka Iran nuclear deal) on Oct. 14.
"If parliament forwards the bill to the Guardian Council today, we will study that during a session tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and then we announce the final decision on it. However it is not on the agenda for tomorrow's session as for now," Spokesman of the Iranian Guardian Council Nejatollah Ebrahimian said, Tasnim news agency reported on Oct. 13.
The bill called "Iranian government's reciprocal and proportional action in implementing the JCPOA" was passed on Oct. 13 and it will allow the government to take some measures in line with the constitution and the country's red lines regarding the JCPOA.
The JCPOA was reached between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, the UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) on July 14. It will curb Iran 's nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions.
The Supreme National Security Council, as the highest source of decision making for political and military affairs, has already approved the JCPOA. However Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's point of view was that the parliament should also take decision in this regards.
The Deputy Foreign Minister for legal and international affairs Abbas Araqchi said that Iran is expected to start implementing the JCPOA from Oct. 19.
Edited by CN