Iran's parliament panel to debate Anti-US bill
A top parliamentary commission is to convene an extraordinary meeting Today to consider an anti-American bill in response to a new sanctions measure passed by the US Congress, the panel's spokesperson said.
"As scheduled, Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission will hold a special meeting on Saturday to discuss a bill to confront 'adventurist and terrorist' US actions in the region," Hossein Naqavi Hosseini also told.
A day earlier, the US Senate voted decisively to approve "the Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act", which is part of a package that also includes stiff financial sanctions against Russia and North Korea.
The senate vote capped weeks of controversy, sending the measure to US President Donald Trump to be signed into law.
"The new sanctions indicate that the Americans are still pursuing their hostile line and pressure [campaign] against the Islamic Republic," Hosseini added.
The senate passed the bill 98-2, two days after the House of Representatives pushed the measure through by an overwhelming margin of 419-3, the Washington Post reported.
Both are veto proof numbers, as the White House has wavered on whether the president would sign the measure into law.
The White House has objected to a provision in the bill that requires congressional approval for any attempt by the president to lift the sanctions on Russia.
But faced with heavy bipartisan support for the legislation in the house and senate, Trump has little choice but to sign the bill into law.
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