Iran’s Guardian Council Oks JCPOA Legislation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Guardian Council (GC) on Wednesday approved a bill passed by the parliament for the country’s “proportional measures” on the implementation of a nuclear agreement recently finalized by Tehran and world powers.
Nejatollah Ebrahimian, the council’s spokesman, told Tasnim that the GC in two sessions on Wednesday morning and afternoon discussed the bill and decided that it was not against Islamic tenets and the Constitution.
The parliament on Tuesday voted to pass the details of the motion to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement reached between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany) on July 14.
The bill allows the administration to voluntarily implement its July 14 nuclear agreement with the world powers under certain conditions.
The motion secured 161 yes votes, 59 no votes, and 13 abstentions. A total of 250 lawmakers were present at the legislature at the time of the voting.
The outlines of the motion had been approved in the parliament on Monday.