Iran Parliament Steps In On Nuclear Talks
Iran's parliament will seek to to assert influence in supporting the nuclear negotiations to ensure that red lines such as full rapprochement are not crossed.
On Oct. 19, Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani said, “The parliament will approve the necessary rules regarding various nuclear activities if it feels that the world powers are behaving in an unacceptable manner,” signaling a more assertive role for parliament in the nuclear negotiations.
Larijani did not elaborate on what he meant by "various nuclear activities" and only vaguely discussed this issue. He then accused the United States of acting maliciously toward the Iranian people and the Muslim world, accusing it of “starting wars, oppressing the Palestinians, plundering the assets of the Muslims and forcing puppet dictators on them.”
He then warned the Iranian negotiation team and the parliament’s National Security Commission to stay alert for duplicitous behavior on the part of the world powers.
These statements by Larijani stood in stark contrast to the generally constructive comments he made earlier in Europe in October, when he said that he viewed the nuclear negotiations “positively.”
