Majlis to hold extraordinary session on US terrorist acts in region

With regard to the US recent decision to impose sanctions on Iran, Majlis has decided to hold a session to review all aspects of Washington's adventurous measures, Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Speaker Hossein Naqavi Hosseini told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Wednesday.

The single-urgency bill was ratified in the July 18 open session of the parliament.

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted for a bill of new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea on Tuesday, according to Western media.

The part of the bill concerning Iran is partially based on the US claims on Iran's ballistic missiles program.

Washington claims that the missile program is against a UN resolution which endorsed the nuclear agreement signed by Iran and the major world powers.

Tehran, however, says its missile program does not breach UN resolutions because they are solely for defensive purposes and not designed to carry nuclear warheads.

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