By a huge majority, members of Iran’s parliament voted Sunday to increase spending on the nation’s ballistic missile program and finance its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Members of Parliament chanted "Death to America" during the session, the Associated Press reported.
The vote was viewed as a response to recently announced U.S. sanctions against the Muslim country.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that 247 lawmakers attended the vote session, with 240 approving the spending plan and one lawmaker abstaining.
No specifics were available about how the new funds would be used.