Iranian MPs show support for nuclear deal
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Iran鈥檚 parliament yesterday gave a partial nod to a nuclear deal with world powers, but only after fiery clashes and allegations from a top negotiator that a lawmaker had threatened to kill him.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran鈥檚 Atomic Energy Agency, went on the attack for the government at the end of a boisterous debate where he and other officials were accused of having capitulated.
Ultraconservative lawmakers repeatedly warned of holes in the text of the deal and criticized President Hassan Rouhani for suggesting MPs were deliberately delaying it.
Alireza Zakani, who headed a panel reviewing the accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, for two months, demanded 鈥渇undamental changes鈥 to the text.
鈥淭his deal serves Wendy Sherman鈥 and not Iran鈥檚 interests, Zakani said, referring to the United States鈥 senior negotiator in talks that resulted in the deal in Vienna on July 14.
Hardliners in Tehran often railed against two years of diplomacy that led to the agreement. Iran鈥檚 government said the accord will protect the country鈥檚 nuclear program and see sanctions lifted.
Despite yesterday鈥檚 disagreements, the outlines of a motion titled 鈥淚ran鈥檚 Plan for Reciprocal and Proper Action in Implementing JCPOA鈥 were approved by 139 of 253 lawmakers present.
Lawmakers stopped short of endorsing the nuclear accord yesterday and said details of the text are to be discussed and voted on tomorrow.
Members of the US Congress failed in September to torpedo the White House鈥檚 historic agreement with Iran.
Salehi, an atomic scientist by training and a former foreign minister, hit out at what he said was the 鈥渋mmoral鈥 behavior of some MPs in the way they鈥檇 responded to talks and the deal.
鈥淭ruth might be bitter for some ... Listen. Listen. Hear me once and for all. Hear it from someone who is going be buried under cement,鈥 he said.
The latter remark was in reference to a lawmaker who Salehi said took a vow to kill him because the government agreed to remove and disable the core of a reactor at Arak, one of Iran鈥檚 nuclear sites.
鈥淲e negotiated within a framework and principles. Who set that framework? Me? A minimum and maximum was set for us,鈥 Salehi said.
So-called red lines for the talks were also laid down by Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council that he oversees.
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