Iranian parliament passes bill approving nuclear deal

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament has endorsed the landmark nuclear agreement struck earlier this year, clearing the last hurdle before both sides begin work to implement it next week.

The Iranian parliament, the Majlis, on Tuesday passed a motion to approve the nuclear deal after heated discussions and sharp exchanges between MPs and the moderate administration of Hassan Rouhani, whose credibility was on the line had parliamentarians voted down the accord. It passed with 161 yes votes, 59 no votes and 13 abstentions among the 250 MPs present at the session.

Under the agreement, Iran is expected to start work on rolling back its nuclear programme from 18 October – labelled as adoption day – which includes taking out thousands of centrifuges at its enrichment facilities and pulling out its heavy-water reactor and filling it with concrete.

The EU will in return adopt a regulation for the lifting of sanctions and the US president, Barack Obama, will issue waivers for sanctions relief. However, these measures will not take effect until what has become known as implementation day, when the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, will verify that Tehran has taken the necessary steps as outlined under the deal.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/iranian-parliament-passes-bill-approving-nuclear-deal

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Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Tuesday 13 October 2015 09.53 BST

[Paulie]

1. Iran's parliament is more functional than our Congress

Perhaps the Republics should get a letter from them explaining how it all works...

[pampango]

2. "Rouhani's ... opponents, who have accused his administration of appeasing the west, the US ..."

Iran's hardliners accuse negotiators of being soft on the 'great Satan'. Our hardliners accuse our negotiators of being soft on 'terrorist Iran'. Same playbook, different terms.

Rouhani will also receive a boost at home. His opponents, who have accused his administration of appeasing the west, the US (or “Great Satan”) in particular, will be weakened and the path would be prepared for the moderate cleric to bring about social reforms, his other big election promise. Internally, many hope that with the nuclear file closing, Rouhani would shift his attention to the issue of human rights in the country.