Ruhani said the bill would undermine diplomatic efforts to renew the 2015 nuclear deal with the world’s major powers and ease US sanctions.
The bill would have suspended UN inspections at Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on the government to resume uranium enrichment to 20% if European countries did not get relief from Iran from US sanctions on Iran’s oil and banking sectors.
So far, Iran has enriched uranium to almost 5%, although a nuclear deal with the world’s powers in 2015 limits uranium enrichment to 3.67%. Nuclear weapons require 90% enriched uranium.
The agreement signed by Iran in 2015 with the United States, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, China and Germany was intended to guarantee that Iran’s nuclear program was being conducted for purely civilian purposes.
In 2018, the United States withdrew from the agreement and renewed sanctions against Iran, which in turn gradually withdrew from the terms of the agreement.
Parliament passed a bill on uranium enrichment following the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fahrizade.
Fahrizadi, who was suspected by the West of running Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program, was killed in an attack near Tehran on Friday. Iran blames Israel for the attack.
The bill reflects competition between the relatively moderate Ruhani and MPs who want to take a tougher stance against the West.
However, if passed, this law would have little effect, as the last word on all important issues, including the nuclear program in Iran, belongs to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hamene.
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