TEHRAN — The Iranian parliament voted on Sunday to ban access to military sites and documents and interview with nuclear scientists as part of a possible nuclear deal with world powers.

Of the 213 lawmakers present, 199 legislators, some chanting “Death to the America,” voted in favor of the bill. Three lawmakers opposed the bill and five abstained.

The bill also demands the complete lifting of all sanctions against Iran as part of any final nuclear accord.

The bill must be ratified by the Guardian Council to become a law.

The bill further reads, “No restriction on the acquiring of knowledge and peaceful nuclear technology and research and development would be accepted, and the regulations of the Supreme Council of National Security must be observed.”

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani read the bill aloud in a session broadcast live on radio.

The terms stipulated in the bill allow for international inspections of Iranian nuclear sites, but forbid any inspections of military facilities.

“The International Atomic Energy Agency, within the framework of the safeguard agreement, is allowed to carry out conventional inspections of nuclear sites,” the bill states.

However, it concludes that “access to military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites, as well as documents and scientists, is forbidden.”

The bill also holds that all the sanctions imposed against the country be lifted immediately upon the implementation of the nuclear deal.

Iranian negotiators must brief parliamentary committee on nuclear talks

The bill also stipulates that the outcome of nuclear talks must be presented to the parliament, and that the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee should report on the trend of the implementation of the potential deal to the parliament every six months.

Nozar Shafiee, the spokesman for the parliamentary committee, says a number of negotiators involved in the nuclear talks with six world powers will attend a session of the committee in coming days.

Speaking to reporters, Shafiee said the members of Iran’s negotiating team will attend a meeting with the committee on Tuesday to brief the lawmakers on the latest developments in nuclear talks with the 5+1 group (Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France and Germany).

Since June 17, deputies foreign ministers Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht Ravanchi have been holding talks with European Union deputy foreign policy chief Helga Schmid in Vienna to draft the text of a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Experts have also been holding tight meetings simultaneously. This fresh round of diplomatic negotiations will continue steadily as the negotiating sides have set June 30 as the deadline to strike a deal.

MP says bill will not affect nuclear talks

Talking to reporters, legislator Ali Motahari said the bill would not affect the trend of the talks negatively and that it would not “tie the hands of [the country’s nuclear] negotiators.”

Motahari also noted that inspection of the country’s military and non-nuclear sites would never be allowed unless permitted by the Supreme National Security Council.

Parliament’s bill seeks removal of all sanctions

Following the voting session, Ebrahim Aqa Mohammadi, the representative of the people of Khoramabad in Majlis, said the bill seeks the total removal of all sanctions imposed against the country.

He also noted that all the nuclear activities of the country have been under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Organization, saying that it would leave no excuse for the West to cling to its sanctions policy.

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