The MPs expect Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani to provide an opportunity to question President Hassan Rouhani, he told ILNA in an interview published on Tuesday.

“For the time being, Mr. Larijani believes that the administration is involved in various issues and it may be better to postpone asking questions from the president,” he noted.

He also said that the officials should pay attention to fluctuations in the foreign exchange market and take action to settle the situation.

“There are fluctuations in the foreign exchange market and the government should take responsibility in this respect. I think Mr. President should take necessary actions,” he said.

Valiollah Seif, Iran’s central bank chief, said last week that his bank could control the foreign exchange market and the currency is likely to rebound in the next couple of months.

“Those who are investing their resources in foreign exchange will suffer losses in the end,” Reuters quoted Seif as saying.

He added, “Since the price of oil has reached $70 per barrel, there is no reason to see long-term fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.”

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The remarks by Behrouz Nemati came one day after Donald Trump declared his new Iran strategy.

“The JCPOA is an international agreement that neither Trump nor any other official of the member states of the P5+1 (Russia, China, U.S., Britain, France, and Germany) can violate unilaterally,” Nemati told Tasnim.

On Trump’s attempts to prevent the expiration of restrictions on Iran’s nuclear activities, he said the expiration of 15-year restriction is one of the key provisions of the JCPOA and the U.S. cannot violate it.

The parliamentarian went on to say that if the U.S. really makes such a move (violating the key provision), Iran will show a reaction that would astound not only the U.S. but the entire world.

The remarks came after Trump again waived sanctions against Iran that were lifted as part of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, but threatened he would terminate the agreement if “significant flaws” in it are not fixed.

“Today, I am waiving the application of certain nuclear sanctions, but only in order to secure our European allies’ agreement to fix the terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal,” Trump said in a statement Friday, according to AP.

“This is a last chance. In the absence of such an agreement, the United States will not again waive sanctions in order to stay in the Iran nuclear deal. And if at any time I judge that such an agreement is not within reach, I will withdraw from the deal immediately. No one should doubt my word.”

In October, Trump said he would not certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement that was negotiated under the previous administration because it was “in violation of the spirit” of the accord.

The Trump administration asked Congress then to come up with and pass a companion agreement that addresses those issues.

It said it would also like Congress to amend the legislation that gives lawmakers the authority to slap sanctions on Iran if it decides Tehran is in violation of the nuclear agreement, outlining “trigger points” instead that set off automatic sanctions.

Trump said he wants Congress to fix “the deal’s many flaws” such as existing sunset provisions.

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