Rouhani warns parliament not to aid ‘enemy’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has defended his deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency against criticism from conservative lawmakers.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the inaugural session of the new parliament following February elections, in Tehran on May 27, 2020. - The 11th legislature since the Islamic revolution of 1979 opened as the country's economy, which has been hard hit by the novel coronavirus, gradually returns to normal. Rouhani, who is in the final year of his second and final term, called on MPs, collectively and individually, to place the "national interest above special interests", "party intere
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the inaugural session of the new parliament in Tehran, May 27, 2020. - AFP via Getty Images
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has defended his administration’s deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency after conservatives in parliament called for the judiciary to open a legal case against the president. 

Rouhani said that the deal with the IAEA was “artful” in that it fully implemented parliament’s bill restricting IAEA access without opening Iran to accusations of not cooperating with the nuclear watchdog. He accused anyone “distorting” Iran’s accomplishment in this deal of aiding Iran’s enemies.

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