Sanctions against Iran is mainly in response to Tehran's growing missile program.
Iranian officials have repeatedly said Iran's missile program is for deterrent purposes.
The lawmakers' motion on Sunday also tasks the government to allocate an additional defense budget of 260 million U.S. dollars for the "development of the missile program."
The motion, once turns into a law, will grant the same amount to the Quds Forces of IRGC.
The Quds Force, also known as Qods, is a special unit of Iran's IRGC responsible for "extraterritorial" missions of the Corps.
The U.S. officials should know that the motion by Iranian parliament is the first step to counter U.S. adventurism in the region, the Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said following the parliament meeting on Sunday.
If the United States imposes more sanctions on Iran, the Iranian government is obliged to take further necessary measures to counter Washington, Larijani said.
In the meantime, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi described the anti-U.S. parliament motion a "clever" move that avoids violating Iran nuclear deal, official IRNA news agency reported.
Araqchi told Majlis on Sunday that "This bill is an astute response to the enmity and wickedness of the United States against Iran."
Araqchi, also Iranian top nuclear negotiator, said that the Foreign Ministry and the government are supporters of the bill.
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