Members of parliament in Teheran have approved a bill that supports implementing a nuclear deal Iran signed with six world powers in July. The bill can now be formally put into action.
The motion to approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was passed with 161 members voting in favour, 59 against and 13 abstaining, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday, the dw.de informs.
However, the country’s leaders insisted that international inspectors would have only limited access to Iran’s military sites. The leaders also insisted that international inspections to the country’s nuclear sites be approved by a domestic security body, suggesting that there could be disagreements in future.
Iran agreed to limit its nuclear capabilities in an agreement with the P5+1 – the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the UK, the US, Russia, France and China, plus Germany – in July. In return, economic sanctions on Tehran were to be lifted.