DW:
Iran’s parliament has voted to boost spending on ballistic missiles and the armed forces in response to recent US sanctions. The Trump administration, while sticking to Iran nuclear deal, is piling up pressure on Tehran.
Iranian parliament passed a bill Sunday to boost its military spending, with 240 lawmakers in the 244-strong house approving it.
The bill allows Iran to allocate $520 million (448 million euros) to enhance its nuclear program to fight Washington’s “adventurism” and sanctions.
“The Americans should know that this was our first reaction,” said parliament speaker, Ali Larijani. The package was meant to “confront terrorist and adventurist actions by the United States in the region,” he added.
The bill mandates the government to allocate an additional $260 million for the “development of the missile programme” and the same amount to the Revolutionary Guards foreign operations wing, the Quds Force, state news agency IRNA said…
