Leader of
Hardliners Threatens to Kill and Execute Zarif and Salehi
Majlis, the Iranian Parliament,
on Sunday approved the “general outline” of the nuclear deal with the world
power, the JCPOA, by a vote of 139 to 100, with 12 abstention.
The details of JCPOA now
will be considered in the next few days. The Majlis bill dealing with the specifics
of JCPOA, entitled “Proportional Measures Toward Implementation,” contains
sharp criticism of some key elements of the accord.
The Majlis could refer the bill, along with a long list of its concerns over the specific provisions in the agreement, to the country's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) for consideration and final approval.
The Majlis could refer the bill, along with a long list of its concerns over the specific provisions in the agreement, to the country's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) for consideration and final approval.
The Majlis today was also the
scene of the most heated debate in years with some MPs behaving in questionable
manner, at times bordering criminal. The leader of the Resistance Front, the
parliament’s hardline faction, threatened the country’s foreign minister and
chief of Atomic Energy Organization to death. This is how Kamaloldin Pir-Moazen, the MP from Ardabil, described the scene:
“Today the Resistance
Front MPs and opponents of Rouhani administration did all they could do (to
stop the nuclear agreement bill). They threatened (Atomic Energy chief) Salehi
to death and threatened to have (Foreign Minister) Zarif executed.” Pir-Moazen added
that Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian, leader of the Resistance Front, told
Salehi: “We will execute you, bury you inside Arak reactor, and pour cement over you.” (IRNA, 11 October)
To read the account by Iran’s official news agency IRNA, in Farsi, please click here.
Top photo: Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Salehi under attack by
the hardliners in Majlis; Tehran, 11 October 2015 (IRNA)
Bottom photo: Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hoseinian (in cleric dress) threatening to kill AEOI chief Salehi (at the podium) and pour cement over his body; Majlis, 11 October 2015 (ISNA)
Bottom photo: Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hoseinian (in cleric dress) threatening to kill AEOI chief Salehi (at the podium) and pour cement over his body; Majlis, 11 October 2015 (ISNA)
