Addressing the member-states of the Group 5+1, the Iranian lawmakers said, “If they want to turn the negotiations into an attrition and time-killing process, the Iranian parliament will take decisions based on the Iranian nation’s demands and will even reconsider its new cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).”
They said that they will monitor the trend of the negotiations between Iran and the Group 5+1, and reiterated on the Iranian nation’s nuclear rights.
Meantime, Iranian lawmakers plan to discuss approval of a bill on Wednesday which will require the government of President Rouhani to protect the country’s nuclear rights in its negotiations with the world powers.
The 14-clause bill of the law has been presented to the legislature's presiding board and will be raised in an open session of the parliament tomorrow.
The bill requires the government to continue development of sites and enrichment facilities, including Natanz enrichment facility, to produce fuel for powerful 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors for the power plants the country plans to build to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power.
It also demands the government to continue building and installing second and third-generation centrifuges to replace the country's first-generation centrifuge machines at Iran's uranium enrichment sites in a bid to enhance economic and industrial productivity of nuclear fuel production.
The bill also requires the government to continue depositing enriched uranium until having enough storage for the production of the nuclear fuel needed by every power plant of the country in three years.
It also urges continued exploration and development of uranium mines across the country according to the country's plans.
The bill underlines continued uranium enrichment at 20 percent-grade both to meet Iran's need to nuclear fuel for its research reactor in Tehran which produces radioisotopes for various medical purposes and for possible trade in the global market.
The bill will also necessitate the government to continue completion of Arak heavy water reactor.
It meantime requires the government to continue necessary cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
It also necessitates the government to take retaliatory measures against any of those states party to the nuclear talks with Iran which embarks on imposing sanctions or other unfriendly actions against Iranian bodies or individuals.
The bill also reiterates that any agreement with the demands of the parties to the nuclear talks with Iran should fall within the framework of the liabilities mentioned in the non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
All-out support and protection for nuclear scientists and experts, nuclear cooperation and interaction with independent and friendly nations, production and export of commercial nuclear products, specially nuclear medicines, and establishment and development of nuclear research centers and nuclear colleges as well as their equipment are among the other items mentioned in the bill.
The bill will be raised at the parliament today as the Iranian team of negotiators is preparing to meet their counterparts from the six major world powers in Geneva Wednesday afternoon.
Iran and the Group 5+1 held three days of intense discussions in the Swiss city of Geneva from November 7 to 9.
The two sides did not reach an agreement, but stressed that significant progress had been made and expressed optimism about the prospects of a possible deal in the future.
The seven countries are due to convene in Geneva tomorrow for another round of talks.
