MPs Propose Bill to Fund Anti-U.S. Research Centers

Date: 14 September 2019 - 22:06

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TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian lawmakers on Saturday proposed a bill that requires the administration to provide financial and spiritual support to institutions and universities studying the hegemonic policies of the U.S.
The bill, signed by more than 180 lawmakers, seeks to counter Washington’s hostile measures against the Iranian nation.
"Given the hostile actions of the United States and the economic, social and cultural damage (it inflicts on) the national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its full support for anti-Iranian institutions at a very high cost, the administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran is required to counteract and provide financial and spiritual support for all scientific and research centers, institutions and universities that work in the field of American studies ...,” the bill reads.
In April, Iranian lawmakers endorsed two clauses of a comprehensive plan to deal with hostile U.S. policies.
One of the bills calls for legal action against the U.S. move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and requires the Iranian administration to act in line with measures passed by the Supreme National Security Council to "counter the terrorist activities of the American forces who threaten the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interests”.
The other motion stipulated that "the Islamic Republic of Iran’s administration and the armed forces are duty bound to take the necessary and wise measures in due time in such a way that the American forces could not employ any power or equipment against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interests”.
In April, the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission decided to table 14 motions as part of a strategy to counter the United States’ hostile measures.