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Iran Tests Yet Another Mid-Range Ballistic Missile in Breach of UN Resolutions
Iran Tests Yet Another Mid-Range Ballistic Missile In Breach Of UN Resolutions
Iran has executed a new medium range ballistic missile test an infringement of two United Nations Security Council resolutions, a senior U.S. official stated on Monday.
Western intelligence claims the test was held Nov. 21 near Chabahar, a port city in southeast Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province near the border with Pakistan. The launch happened from a well-known missile test site along the Gulf of Oman.
The missile, named a Ghadr-110, has a range of 1,800 – 2000 km, or 1200 miles, and is able of carrying a nuclear warhead. The missile fired in November is an enhanced version of the Shahab 3, and is comparable to the precision guided missile tested by Iran on Oct. 10, which elicited strong disapproval from members of the U.N. Security Council.
“The United States is deeply concerned about Iran’s recent ballistic missile launch,” Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., explained in a statement after the previous Iranian ballistic missile test in October.
President Obama pointed out the Iranian missile test during a press conference on Oct. 16 and stated the United States was planning to brief the U.N. sanctions committee. He included that it would not derail the nuclear deal.
“I think what we’ll be doing is we’ll review, as we have in the past, any violations of U.N. resolutions, and we’ll deal with them much as we have in the past,” Obama stated of the October occurrence.
A senior administration official stated on Monday the White House was “aware” of information of the missile test, but had “no further comment
at this time.”
Iran seems to be in a race against the clock to enhance the precision of its ballistic missile toolbox in the wake of the nuclear agreement agreed upon in July.
One day after Tehran and six world powers autographed that nuclear accord, the UN passed resolution 2231, which compels Iran to abstain from any work on ballistic missiles for 8 years. UN Security Council Resolution 1929 was passed in 2010 and bans Iran from executing ballistic missile tests.
The Security Council is still discussing how to react to Iran’s last test in October.
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