Iran’s parliament approves outline of bill on nuclear deal

In turn, Israel fears that a nuclear agreement Iran sealed with world powers in July may be insufficient to stop Tehran developing an atomic bomb.

In exchange, Tehran is to put curbs on its nuclear program, reducing the number of uranium-enrichment centrifuges in operation and converting a few enrichment facilities into research centers.

As foreign competition for market access in Iran, with a population of more than 78 million, is expected to intensify, Japan hopes to help Iran’s infrastructure development, which has been affected due to the global sanctions.

During the meeting, Kishida and Zarif confirmed the importance for Tehran to fulfill the agreement with the six major powers. There were 59 votes against and 13 abstentions.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed the historic agreement won’t change his government’s stance toward the United States after decades of hostility and distrust.

Lawmaker Ruhollah Hosseinian, an opponent of the deal, said parliament needs to discuss it in detail. Until now, it has only been reviewed by a special parliamentary committee.

The parliament has also agreed on counter-measures in case the deal is not approved by other parties.

The JCPOA was reached between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., the U.K, France, Russia, China and Germany) on July 14.

“The Emad missile is able to strike targets with a high level of precision and completely destroy them”, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said in a news conference.

“A large number of foreign companies are mulling an active role in the Islamic Republic”, Zangeneh said, denying reports that Iran had already granted oil concessions to Japan.

This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, October 11, 2015, claims to show the launching of an Emad long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile in an undisclosed location. It would also mean that Iran would keep its nuclear program while at the same time calming the West’s fears about Iran possessing a nuclear weapon.