Qaem Panah, the Executive Vice President, says my child does not have dual citizenship.
Mohammad Jafar Qaem Panah, the Executive Vice President, provided explanations in response to the discussion about Zarif’s resignation and the fact that several other government members are also affected by these conditions.
Qaem Panah said these controversies are fabricated. They even say that I am subject to the law attributed to Mr. Zarif, while my child does not have dual citizenship.
However, this law itself is not a logical law.
Someone has been on a mission abroad for years, and their child was born there.
Mr. Zarif is like this.
He has been abroad, and his child was born there.
The child automatically acquired citizenship.
This should not prevent continued cooperation or affect other dear ones who are included.
He added that the essence of the law has deprived us of employing many dear ones whose children have dual citizenship.
Some say they should renounce this citizenship.
Well, why should a 40 or 50-year-old who has no connection with their father have to go through this?
We even passed a resolution in the government to take a bill to the parliament and amend this law.
Its urgency was not approved. In the bill, we said at least exclude compulsory citizenships from the scope of this law.
Qaem Panah stated that the essence of this law is questionable.
Our university professors might be prominent individuals.
They went abroad, and their child was born there.
Now this child is 40 years old, and now his father wants to become a minister or deputy minister.
Should we be deprived of their services because their child has American citizenship?
A tangible example was Mr. Zarif, where this could have been avoided.