#IRAN: Parliament Rejects International Atomic Agency's Surprise Inspection Demands

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Iran's parliament has prepared says it will stop the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty in Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Parliament issued a statement in June strongly condemning an anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors, asking the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol, which allows surprise inspections of nuclear sites.

The 35-member IAEA board passed the resolution on June 19, demanding access to two old places they claim nuclear work may have been done there.

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#NORTHERNIRELAND: Sinn Fein Mayor's Tweet Praising IRA Hunger Striker Draws Criticism

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A Sinn Fein Party regional councilor's post on Twitter praising the memory of an IRA hunger striker has prompted a call for him to resign. Sean Bateson, Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, a region covering the northern part of Northern Ireland, praised Thomas McElwee on the 38th anniversary of his death in prison after a 62-day hunger strike. He was in prison for murder after his conviction.

Ulster Unionist Party Leader Robin Swann called on Bateson to resign, saying his comments showed Bateson could not be a "mayor for all the citizens." But Bateson, a 26-year-old history teacher, said he would continue to honor IRA members who died during the Troubles era, and noted on twitter (post below) that the right to remember one's dead is protected under the Good Friday Agreement which brought peace to the region.

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Frmr IRA Leader McGuinness Expresses Regret for Past On 20th Bombing Anniv. [world politics news]

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) with Colin Parry and wife Wendy, who lost their son 20 years ago in the Warrington bombing, along with another child.

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