MPs Ratify Bill on Start of All of Iran’s Nuclear Work in Case of UN Referral

Excerpt from report by Iranian Mehr news agency

This afternoon, Majlis deputies have ratified a single-urgency bill obligating the government to resume the nuclear activities it suspended voluntarily, in face of the referral of Iran’s nuclear case to the UN Security Council.

According to Mehr’s parliamentary correspondent, during this afternoon’s open Majlis session, from a total of 197 present MPs, 196 took part in the vote. Some 183 MPs voted in favour and 10 voted against the bill whilst 3 abstained.

[Passage omitted: On the content of the bill covered in earlier reports]