Iranian Lawmakers to Visit Nuclear Sites in Arak, Isfahan Tomorrow
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Iranian MP said several members of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission will make a visit to the country’s nuclear facilities in the central provinces of Markazi and Isfahan on Monday.
Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hojatoleslam Mojtaba Zonnoor, the head of the Nuclear Committee of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, highlighted efforts made by the parliament to prepare a six-month report on the process of implementing the July 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“In order to be able to prepare the six-month report based on facts on the ground, we made a visit to the enrichment facility in Natanz and our advanced nuclear site in Fordow,” the MP said.
The lawmakers will also visit the Arak heavy water reactor and Isfahan's UCF (Uranium Conversion Facility) on September 19, he added.
Last month, Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi had said the commission was drafting the report and would finalize it in a few weeks.
Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015, reached a conclusion over the text of the JCPOA, which took effect on January 16, terminating all nuclear-related sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
According to a law that requires the Iranian administration to safeguard the nation’s achievements and nuclear rights, the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has been tasked with monitoring “the proper implementation” of the JCPOA, and is required to submit a report on the issue to the presiding board of the parliament every six months.
Months after coming into force of the JCPOA and while Tehran has remained committed to all of its undertakings, the other side has failed to fully implement the accord.
