Iran Advances Bill To Stop UN Nuclear Inspections, Step Up Enrichment

Iran’s Parliament On Tuesday Advanced A Bill That Would End Un Inspections Of Its Nuclear Facilities And Requires The Government To Boost Its Uranium Enrichment If European Signatories To The 2015 Nuclear Deal Do Not Provide Relief From Oil And Banking Sanctions.

The Vote To Debate The Bill, Which Would Need To Pass Through Several Other Stages Before Becoming Law, Was A Show Of Defiance After The Killing Of The Alleged Mastermind Of Iran’s Military Nuclear Program Over The Weekend

The Bill Would Give European Countries Three Months To Ease Sanctions On Iran’s Key Oil And Gas Sector, And To Restore Its Access To The International Banking System.

Meanwhile, The Head Of The Un’s Nuclear Agency Warns That Iran Would Not Have “Anything To Win” From Ending Inspections Of Nuclear Facilities, As Demanded By MPs After The Assassination Of A Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist.