Sputnik News- Against the backdrop of US efforts to impose additional sanctions against Iran and Russia, Tehran has drawn up a list of its own countermeasures, the head of the Iranian parliament�s research center, Khazem Jalali, told Sputnik.

Khasem Jalali said that, together with�the parliamentary committee on�national security and defense, the center would consider a 20-point program of�emergency measures to�counter the US sanctions.

�As part of�this plan, the government will earmark 1 billion tomans ($300 million) for�the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and as�much towards�the development of�the country�s missile program,� Jalali said in�an interview with�Sputnik Persian.

The emergency plan deals with�issues like�US support of�terrorism, human rights violations in�the US, measures to�counter� US economic sanctions, support for�the Iranian armed forces and coordination of�actions against�US terrorist policies in�the region.

Emad Abshenas, a managing editor of�the newspaper Iran Press and a longstanding Sputnik expert, said that the IRGC was Iran�s main defense against�US economic and military terror in�the region.
�The plan focuses on�countermeasures to�the terrorist policy the US is spreading in�the world. This includes Iranian sanctions against�organizations, which have close links to�Washington and provide financial assistance to�terrorists, sell them with�arms and violate human rights,� Emad Abshenas said.


He described the IRGC�s elite unit, the Quds Force, as�the main line of�defense against �US terrorism and crimes,� and said that the IRGC and the Iranian missile program have helped keep terrorists away from�the country�s borders.
�Moreover, these two shields [IRGC and the missile program] are serving the interests of�the entire Middle Eastern region by�fighting terrorists in�Syria and Iraq. That�s why without�the IRGC terrorism in�the Middle East simply can�t be rooted out,� Emad Abshenas emphasized.


He added that with�its attempts to�introduce new sanctions against�Iran, the United States has violated the terms of�the nuclear deal reached in�2015 between�the Islamic Republic of�Iran and a group of�world powers.

�We signed that agreement to�show the world that the Iranian nuclear program is purely peaceful and that we are implementing� our international obligations. It is the US that is walking back on�its commitments. According to�this plan, Iran will feel free to�suspend the implementation of�the nuclear agreement if any other signatory violates its terms,� Emad Abshenas noted.

On June 15, the US Senate approved, by�an overwhelming majority, an�Iran sanctions bill, which included an amendment of�new anti-Russian sanctions.

The latter was a response to�the Kremlin�s alleged interference in�the 2016 presidential election. On June 21, media reported that because the bill violates the US constitution, its consideration by�the US House of�Representatives faces a number of�procedural hurdles.