The effort is mostly symbolic on the eve of
negotiations in Geneva but it shows Iran's deepening internal
rifts.
It's unclear whether enough signatures can be collected for a
vote in parliament, the results of which would also need the
approval by the ruling clerics.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has backed the
nuclear talks.
Conservative lawmaker Fatemeh Alia was quoted Tuesday by the
semiofficial Mehr news agency as saying she and fellow lawmakers
seek an urgent bill to stop the government from offering to
suspend uranium enrichment at the highest level acknowledged by
Iran and freeze work on a planned heavy water reactor.
[Associated
Press]
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