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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Upset with US, Iranian lawmakers to draft anti-American bill
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian lawmakers agree to fast-track an anti-American bill meant to confront allegedly “adventurist and terrorist” US actions in the region.
Iranian state TV reported that 211 lawmakers in the 290-seat assembly back an outline for the legislation at a session Tuesday.
The details of the bill will be worked out in parliament over the next few weeks, after which it will go to the Guardian Council for ratification, like all laws in Iran.
The development comes a day after the Trump administration tells Congress that Iran would face consequences for breaching “the spirit” of the nuclear deal with world powers.
Congress has been pushing for a new set of sanctions against Iran and its Revolutionary Guard, a paramilitary force responsible for recent ballistic missile tests that angered Washington.
— AP
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