Alwaght- Despite fierce opposition by many radical Republicans and a massive lobbying drive, U.S. backers of the Iran nuclear deal are increasingly confident of enough Democratic support to ensure it survives review by Congress, Reuters reported adding that no senior Democrat in the chamber had come out formally against the agreement and several central figures, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, were strongly in favor.
England-based news agency cited Pelosi as saying she was confident that if Republicans pass a "resolution of disapproval" to try to sink the deal, a promised veto of that measure by President Barack Obama would be sustained.
At least 44 Democrats in the House and 13 Democrats in the Senate would have to defy Obama and join Republicans in opposing the deal to get the two-thirds majorities in both chambers needed to override a veto.
"More and more of them (House Democrats) have confirmed to me that they will be there to sustain the veto," Pelosi told reporters.
Many American civilians also support Iran nuclear deal urging congress to ratify the pact. American Activists delivered more than 400,000 petition signatures to Capitol Hill in support of the Iran nuclear deal in Washington July 29, 2015.
After 18 days of marathon talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna, Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers reached a conclusion on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which will put limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic at once.
The 159-page conclusion was presented to the Security Council, which adopted a resolution making the JCPOA an official document.
Iranian Parliament, also known as Majlis, ratified late on June a bill that required the government to preserve the country's nuclear rights in nuclear deal.
213 Iranian lawmakers out of 244 present MPs, during an open session, approved the details of the bill dictating that any final nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 will be valid only if it observes the following requisites:
1. Total removal of all anti-Iran sanctions should be included in the text of the deal with the termination of the sanctions occurring on the very day that deal takes effect.
2. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be allowed to carry out conventional inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites within the framework of its Safeguards Agreement, but any access to military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites as well as documents and scientists would be forbidden. Supreme National Security Council's resolutions should be observed.
3. No restrictions on the country’s research and development of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes are accepted and the Supreme National Security Council's resolutions should be observed.
