Iran says it opposes lawmakers’ plan to end nuclear inspections

1 December 2020, 5:32 pm

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The Iranian parliament’s backing on Tuesday of a plan to end nuclear inspections after the assassination of the country’s top nuclear scientist has met immediate opposition from the government.

“The government has explicitly announced that it does not agree with (this) plan” which it considers “neither necessary nor useful,” foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh tells a news conference.

Deputies supported a draft bill “for the lifting of sanctions and protection of the Iranian people’s interests,” saying they want to achieve the objectives of “martyred” scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Fakhrizadeh was assassinated outside Tehran on Friday in a bomb and gun attack that the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel.

— AFP