Iran's Parliament Starts Review Of Nuclear Deal Tuesday July 21,2015

 

Iranian lawmakers set up a 15-member special committee to review the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers last week after the country's foreign minister earlier on Tuesday July 21,2015 presented parliament with a copy of the agreement.

The committee is apparently a way to provide the lawmakers - especially hard-liners who had vehemently opposed to deal from the start, though they have mostly remained silent about it since last week - with an opportunity to discuss various points and air their opinions on it.

It remained unclear whether the committee will formalize a statement at the end of its review, and whether lawmakers would vote on that - or on the deal in general.

The development came a day after the U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the deal, which reins in Iran's nuclear program and authorized measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran.

Under Iran's constitution, parliament has a right to reject any deal - even one negotiated by the foreign ministry - but it is unlikely that the lawmakers would act against it after the deal won an endorsement from the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who headed the Iranian negotiating team during the talks in Vienna, first submitted the text to the house on Tuesday July 21,2015