Iran's Parliament passes outlines of counter-sanctions bill
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
Iran's Parliament has taken, by far, the most headline-making measure since the beginning of its tenure. 251 out of 260 lawmakers voted ‘yes’ to the outlines of a draft bill, dubbed the Strategic Action Plan to Lift Sanctions.
The bill comprises nine articles, all authorizing the resumption of nuclear activities that have been limited under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
The first and most important article requires the government to disregard the 3.67% cap that the deal has imposed on the grade of enriched Uranium, and resume enrichment at 20% purity level.
The Parliament sped up the legislation in the wake of the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which Iran blames on Israel.
Tel Aviv has long been openly trying to torpedo Iran's nuclear energy program. The Israeli regime was implicated in the targeted killings of four other Iranian nuclear scientists nearly a decade ago.
Iran's change of tone toward the nuclear deal came in 2018, following the US's unilateral withdrawal from the multilateral accord. Iran has also been criticizing the European parties to the deal for failing to live up to their commitments under the deal.
Last year, Tehran began a step-wise suspension of its nuclear obligations to make the EU keep its side of the bargain.
Now, this last move by by the Parliament is the boldest countermeasure that Iran has taken to "keep the balance between its obligations and rights under the accord."
Lawmakers say this way, they will unlock the shackles placed on the country’s nuclear program and pursue the goals of assassinated scientists like Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who contributed heavily to Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
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