TEHRAN, Feb. 04 (MNA) � The head of Iran�s parliament energy commission nuclear committee has said efforts in the parliament are intended to support negotiators and neutralizing US Congress threats.
Ebrahim Karkhanei told Mehr News Parliament correspondent that adopting a bill in the Parliament which required the government to maintain nuclear achievements was a retaliation of US Congress in setting deadline for nuclear negotiators to give in to their demands when necessary, and to add to list of sanctions if Iranian negotiators acted otherwise.


�Congress has threatened our nuclear negotiators, inflicting psychological pressure on the negotiations through adopting new sanction bills,� Karkhanei added, who represents Hamadan and Famenein constituency in the parliament.


�The Congress bills seeks to realize the illegitimate demands of the west and the US; we believe that the Parliament should play a more decisive role in the nuclear negotiations by virtue of its inherent responsibility to protect the national interests,� he emphasized, quoting Barack Obama who had said that if Iran remained intransigent in its position, he would be the first person to support new sanctions in the Congress to be passed, a thing Karkhanei believed indicated complete harmony between the White House and the Congress, despite their purported conflict over Iran�s nuclear issue.


�It is therefore imperative that Parliament interfere in the negotiations process; the adoption of the bill was based on this premise; the bill will be in the relevant commission and will return to the open session of the Parliament,� he emphasized.


About highly disputed Zarif-Kerry walking in Geneva streets on the sidelines of nuclear talks, Karkhanei said that smiles and walking were diplomatic tools which conveyed certain messages in direct talks; �the negotiators should know that negotiations should guarantee nation�s rights, one of them being removal of sanctions,� he concluded.


By Mehr News Agency


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