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Iran deems Majlis bill on nuke rights runs counter to constitution

Xinhua, June 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

The bill passed by the Iranian Majlis (parliament) obliging the government to safeguard rights in a potential nuclear deal with the powers contradicts the constitution, Iranian government's spokesman Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said on Tuesday.

Based on article 176 of the constitution, the subject of nuclear talks is within the authority of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and the developments are constantly monitored by the council, Nobakht was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency.

According to the law of the constitution, nuclear talks are not within the responsibility or authority of the administration or Majlis, "therefore, the bill of the parliament goes counter to the article 176 of the constitution," he said.

The spokesman added that President Hassan Rouhani's opposition to the bill does not undermine the voice of Majlis pertaining to the nuclear talks.

On Tuesday, Majlis passed a bill obliging Rouhani's negotiating team to safeguard the country's nuclear rights and achievements.

Any nuclear agreement should include complete and immediate removal of all sanctions against the country on the day Iran starts fulfilling its obligations, the bill read.

It also said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will only be allowed to carry out conventional inspections into Iran's nuclear sites, and it will be given no access to Iran's "military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites, documents and scientists" under the additional protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Besides, any restrictions on country's research and development of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes should not be accepted by Iranian negotiators, the bill said.

According to Press TV, the bill requires the Iranian foreign ministry, which is tasked with the negotiations, to submit regular reports to the parliament on the process of implementing a possible nuclear agreement with the world powers every six months.

Iran and the P5+1 group countries, namely the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany, agreed on a framework of understanding in early April and set June 30 as a deadline for reaching a final deal, after missing two previous deadlines in June and last November.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarifsaid Monday that his country is poised to sign a good nuclear deal with the world powers even if it goes beyond the self-imposed deadline, Press TV reported. Endit