Parliament Working to Stop Additional Protocol in Iran
TEHRAN (KHABARFOORI) _ Iran's Majlis has prepared a plan to stop the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty in Iran by the IAEA.
"This plan has been prepared in the format of urgency based on which voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol will be stopped and the government is obliged to observe it," The deputy chairman of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Abbas Moghtadaei made the remarks in an interview with Tasnime News Agency.
Moghtadaei said that the plan has been drawn up in response to the United States and Europe's excessive demands.
Iran's parliament issued a statement in June strongly condemning an anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors, asking the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol, which allows surprise inspections of nuclear sites.
"The Islamic Consultative Assembly strongly condemns resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors which was proposed by three European countries of England, France, and Germany under the pressure of the ruling regime in the United States and the fake Zionist regime. It [the parliament] considers the resolution another example of structural discrimination by the international agency," the statement read.
The statement was signed by 240 MPs.