Iran parliament’s move ‘biggest response’ to Israel after scientist assassination

The Iranian lawmakers’ move to have overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at tackling illegal US sanctions against the country is “the biggest response” to the Israeli regime after the brutal assassination of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and is indicative of the fact that the country is determined to continue his glorious path, says a political commentator.

Sarbaz Roohullah Rezvi, peace and justice activist and analyst from the Iranian city of Qom, made the remarks during a Tuesday edition of Press TV’s The Debate program, after Iran’s parliamentarians endorsed the outlines of a strategic action plan, which aims to counteract sanctions imposed on the Iranian nation and safeguard its interests.

During an open parliamentary session earlier in the day, 251 out of 260 lawmakers present voted ‘yes’ to the outlines of the draft bill, which, if adopted, will require the Iranian administration to suspend more commitments under a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.

The plan, among other things, requires the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to produce at least 120 kg of 20-percent enriched uranium annually and store it inside the country within two months after the adoption of the law.

Iran’s Parliament approves outlines of strategic action plan to counter sanctions

Iran’s Parliament overwhelmingly endorses the outlines of a strategic action plan aimed at countering sanctions imposed on the Iranian nation.

“The decision of the Iranian parliament is actually paving the path for development of the Iranian nuclear technology and for its peaceful goals,” Rezvi told Press TV.

“This is the biggest response on behalf of the Iranians to the Zionist regime… It also shows that Iran has the will for the continuation of the path that someone like Dr. Fakhrizadeh was following; and I hope that this is a game-changing decision by the Iranian parliament,” he added.

Rezvi also censured the assassination of Fakhrizadeh and underlined that, “The physical elimination of Iranian scientists and Iranian prominent figures by the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime is not going to work.”

Fakhrizadeh, the head of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, was targeted in a multi-pronged terrorist attack in a small city near Tehran on Friday.

Iranian government officials and military commanders have hinted that the Israeli regime was behind the terror attack, vowing harsh revenge against all the criminals involved.

An informed source told Press TV on Monday that the remains of the weapon used in the Friday assassination show that it was made in Israel, adding that the weapon collected from the site of the terrorist act bears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry.

Iran parliament chief: Definitive punishment awaits those behind scientist’s assassination

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Iran will pursue “definitive punishment” of those behind the assassination of prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Shabbir Hassanally, writer and political commentator from Leicester, was another panelist invited to The Debate program on Tuesday and described Iran as a “very strong country” that also needed to further empower itself.

Praising the move by the Iranian parliament as “brilliant but long overdue,” Hassanally said, “The sanctions from America at least, and Europe, are not going anywhere, but on that note Iran does not need America or the EU; Iran has allies like Russia, China, the BRICS nations and Iran can build things itself; Iran is a very strong country; it’s a country that’s been around far longer than America and Europe put together.”

He was referring to the world's five major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which collectively represent more than 40 percent of the world by population.

The political analyst called the US and EU "criminals," and stressed that, "Iran needs to strengthen itself and listen to what Imam Khamenei is saying.”

Hassanally said the main problem the West has with the Islamic Republic is its support for the resistance axis, especially for Palestinians, and ballistic missile program as well its alliance with Russia and China.

China, Russia slam US over sanctions threat

Russia and China have slammed the United States after Washington threatened that it would impose sanctions against any country that trades arms with Iran.

US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled Washington out of the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in May 2018, and unleashed the “toughest ever” sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Since the much-criticized exit, Washington has been attempting to prevent the remaining signatories of the JCPOA – Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – from abiding by their commitments and thus kill the historic agreement, which is widely viewed as a fruit of international diplomacy.

Iran remained fully compliant with the JCPOA for an entire year, waiting for the co-signatories to fulfill their end of the bargain by offsetting the impacts of American bans on the Iranian economy.

But as the European parties failed to do so, the Islamic Republic moved in May 2019 to suspend its JCPOA commitments under Articles 26 and 36 of the deal that cover Tehran’s legal rights.

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