Majlis body to meet on US threats against nuclear deal: MP

A key Iranian parliamentary committee is to convene an extraordinary session later this week to discuss the measures to be taken in the face of possible US threats against the 2015 nuclear deal, a senior legislator says.

In a Wednesday interview with IRNA, Chairman of Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi pointed to the lawmakers’ efforts to give an appropriate response to hostile US moves and threats against the deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA).

Boroujerdi noted that several parliamentary meetings have so far been held the issue, adding that ways to counter future US measures against the JCPOA have been drawn up in an “initial bill.”

The bill is mainly aimed at giving a “crushing response” to Washington, he added.

“On Saturday (July 29, 2017)…an extraordinary meeting will be convened with the presence of all the members of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in this respect,” he said.

The lawmaker argued that the JCPOA cannot be violated as it enjoys “strong international support” and added that other members of the UN Security Council oppose Washington’s “acts of sabotage.”

On Thursday, Ali Akbar Velayati, a member of Iran’s JCPOA supervisory body, warned that Tehran is considering “all options on the table” against the US.

“We have all the options before us, and will make appropriate and firm decisions,” Velayati said in a TV talks show.

“We have a free hand in different areas, in a way that we could take actions indicative of our growing nuclear power without violating the JCPOA,” he added.

The Iranian official noted that the US will not be able to revive its “waning influence in the region” through such threats.

On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced the US House of Representatives’ fresh sanctions against Iran, saying the Islamic Republic would “definitely” give a proportionate response to the hostile move.

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