Iran’s Parliament voted on Sunday to ban access of foreign governments to military sites, possibly complicating ongoing negotiations over its nuclear program.
All but 14 of Iran’s 213 lawmakers voted for the bill, some of them chanting “Death to America.” The ban would prevent countries, such as the six-nation group working toward an accord — the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — from having access to military sites, documents and scientists, if it becomes law, the Times of Israel reported.
The six-nation group had planned to finalize a deal with Iran by July 1 to restrain Iran’s nuclear program in return for lessening economic sanctions. However, the bill actually calls for removing all sanctions against Iran in this final accord. Global powers would be permitted to inspect nuclear sites, but not military domains, the Times reported.
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani read the bill out loud.
“The International Atomic Energy Agency, within the framework of the safeguard agreement, is allowed to carry out conventional inspections of nuclear sites,” he said, according to the Times. But the bill concludes by saying that “access to military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites, as well as documents and scientists, is forbidden.”
