DUBAI—Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the implementation of July's historic nuclear deal with six world powers , removing one of the final obstacles within Iran's system to the accord.

A majority of Iran's parliament members approved the bill, which directs the government to put the deal in place, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

The vote saw 161 in favor of the deal to 59 against, according to IRNA. Thirteen members abstained. The parliament had approved the basic outlines of the bill in a vote on Sunday.

All legislation approved by Iran's parliament must get a final sign-off from the Guardian Council, a powerful 12-member clerical body, before it becomes law. But the final say on all matters of state, including the nuclear deal, rests with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Mr. Khamenei, a hard-line conservative, has endorsed the deal, although he has repeatedly expressed reservations about U.S. intentions and warned against American attempts to infiltrate Iran since the agreement was signed in July.

The deal has been a foreign-policy goal for the government of President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate in Iran's ultraconservative political system.

Under the deal's provisions, Iran is to receive relief from international sanctions that have crippled its economy.

In exchange, Tehran is to put curbs on its nuclear program, reducing the number of uranium-enrichment centrifuges in operation and converting some enrichment facilities into research centers.

Iran's parliament carved out an oversight role for itself through a bill in June that required it to verify that the deal met Iranian requirements.

This mirrored the oversight that the U.S. Congress gave itself through legislation in May. Congress eventually allowed the deal to go through.

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