Hassan Rouhani says terms of nuclear agreement will turn into legal obligation if it is passed by parliament, opposing a parliamentary vote on the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers, the Associated Press reported on Saturday, August 29th.
Rouhani said at a news conference Saturday that the deal was a political understanding reached with world powers, not a new pact that requires parliamentary approval.
A special committee of the parliament has already begun studying the deal before putting it to a vote. But the legality of such a move is in doubt because the government has not prepared a bill to parliament for vote on.
Rouhani said the Supreme National Security Council, the country’s highest security decision-making body, is already studying the agreement.