The U.S. has criticised ballistic missile testing carried out by Iran at the weekend thought to have been a violation of a UN resolution.
“We’ve got strong indications that those missile tests did violate a UN Security Council resolution,” White House spokesman, Josh Earnest said .
Earnest said that the incident was “altogether separate fro
m the nuclear agreement that Iran reached with the rest of the world,” adding that the country had “demonstrated a track record” in adhering to the international community’s requests.
Washington intends to submit the case to the UN for review in order to establish any wrongdoing, according to a report.
Meanwhile, Iran confirmed on Sunday that it had successfully test-fired the mid-range surface-to-surface Emad assertiveness missile.
Iran’s Defence Minister, Hossein Dehghan, said the Emad missile, which has a range of 2,000 kilometres, had been developed and produced in Iran and was more precise than the preceeding Shahab-3 model.
He did not say when or where the test was carried out.
In July, Iran and six world powers reached a historic nuclear accord, which eased years of tensions between Tehran and Western powers suspicious that its nuclear programme is geared to produce a bomb – an allegation Iran denies.
The deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was signed between Iran and the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China
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