Iran parliament ratifies articles on withholding support for the IRGC

Iranian lawmakers have voted for 2 articles in support of the IRGC.

Iran Press/Iran news: The Articles that were passed in the open session of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) was held on Tuesday, were from a bill devised by the Iranian Parliament to counter the US blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization was put to vote during today’s open session.

Article 8, which subjects any Iranian organizations potentially withholding support for the IRGC citing US sanctions to punitive measures, was approved by 167 votes in favor, 20 against, and two abstentions out of 210 MPs in attendance, Mehr News Agency reported.

Article 2, which obliges the government to act decisively against any US measure potentially compromising the Islamic Republic’s interests, was approved by 168 in favor, six against and eight abstentions out of 210 MPs in attendance.

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