Iran’s parliament announces the final composition of a 15-member panel largely composed of conservative lawmakers to review the country’s nuclear deal with world powers.
The nuclear deal review panel, comprising 13 conservatives and two reformists, will analyze the text of the agreement.
Iran’s parliament may then vote on approving or rejecting the accord, likely in October after a similar review by US lawmakers in Washington.
A strong majority of MPs in Tehran — 201 of 290 — requested such a measure.
But formal oversight of the accord rests with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), a powerful committee headed by President Hassan Rouhani and of which Zarif is also a member.
The SNSC reports to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who on Monday said the fate of the nuclear deal “is not clear as no one knows if it will be approved here or in America.”
— AFP
Iranian MPs listen to the speech of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the parliament in Tehran on July 21, 2015 to defend last week’s Vienna accord.(AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
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