President Rouhani says that Iran might hold a referendum on its nuclear programme
 Rouhani: Iran could hold vote over nuclear deal, Gulf News, 26 May 19, Tehran- Iran’s president has suggested the Islamic Republic could hold a referendum over the country’s nuclear programme amid the unravelling deal with world powers and heightened tensions with the United States, Iranian media reported Sunday
 According to the official IRNA news agency, President Hassan Rouhani, who was last week publicly chastised by the country’s supreme leader, made the suggestion in a meeting with editors of major Iranian news outlets on Saturday evening.
Rouhani said he had previously suggested a referendum to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2004, when he was a senior nuclear negotiator for Iran. At the time, Khamenei approved of the idea and though there was no referendum, such a vote “can be a solution at any time,” Rouhani was quoted as saying…… In recent weeks, tensions between Washington and Tehran have escalated over America deploying an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the region over a still-unexplained threat it perceives from Tehran. The US also plans to send 900 additional troops to the 600 already in the Middle East and extending their stay amid the tensions. Rouhani’s remarks could also be seen as a defence of his stance following the rare public chastising by the supreme leader……… Earlier last week, Iran said it quadrupled its uranium-enrichment production capacity though Iranian officials made a point to stress that the uranium would be enriched only to the 3.67 per cent limit set under the deal, making it usable for a power plant but far below what’s needed for an atomic weapon. Zarif, the foreign minister, was in the Iraq capital on Sunday for talks with officials. On Saturday, Mohammad Halbousi, the parliament speaker in Iraq, a key Iranian ally, said Baghdad is ready to mediate between the United States and Iran if it is asked to do so. https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/rouhani-iran-could-hold-vote-over-nuclear-deal-1.64197846 |
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