By RFE/RL
Iran’s parliament voted on February 3 to speed up discussions about legislation that would require the government to resume all of its nuclear activities if the United States imposes additional sanctions against Iran.
The draft bill says that in the event of fresh U.S. sanctions, Iran is obliged to immediately resume all nuclear activities that have been frozen in exchange for temporary sanctions relief under an interim nuclear deal reached in Geneva during 2013 between Tehran and world powers.
After missing two self-imposed deadlines last year, global powers and Iran agreed to seek a political framework agreement by March and a comprehensive deal by June 30 that would ensure Iran is not building nuclear weapons.
Last week, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee approved a draft bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran if there is a final deal is not reached by the end of June.
