Prevent popup.html of Chrome from being closed by iframe action - google-chrome-extension

I embedded an iframe in my popup.html of my extension. Inside this iframe the use has to submit by clicking on a button. This opens a new tab which causes my popup.html to be closed.
How can I force the popup.html to remain active?
This is necessary as the iframe processes with more information.
My popup.html: http://pastebin.com/QftvfQ8c

You can not force a popup to remain open.

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