Joe Biden, the US Vice President, told a news conference in Jerusalem: “We are united in the belief that a nuclear armed Iran is absolutely an unacceptable threat to Israel to the region and to the United States”.
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Israel strongly opposed last year’s nuclear deal with Iran.
Iran test-fired two ballistic missiles earlier on Wednesday that it said were created to be able to hit Israel, in defiance of USA criticism of similar tests carried out Tuesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has previously insisted on Iran’s right to carry out missile tests and says the country doesn’t have any missiles that could carry nuclear warheads.
“I am deeply concerned by reports that Iran has tested multiple missiles, which it claimed were stamped with words declaring that “Israel should be wiped from the pages of history”.
He emphasized that sanctions and enemies’ security pressure have failed to impact Iran’s missile power, saying the Armed Forces and IRGC have grown into a unique power in the region.
Iran denies that this test was “provocative”, according to the wire service.
“We know that Iran is in a season of carrying out a number of military activities, and so it certainly would not be a surprise if there are additional launches over the next several days”, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
The semiofficial Fars news agency offered pictures Wednesday it said were of the Qadr H missiles being fired.
Iran on Wednesday reportedly test-fired two ballistic missiles inscribed with the wording “Israel must be wiped out”.
“It is unrealistic to expect Iran to give up on its missile capability – considered the country’s sole meaningful deterrence – when the US continues arming Iran’s neighbors to the teeth”, Vaez added. “If in fact they break the deal, we will act.” . “After what the Iranians have done in Syria, which made their popularity nose-dive across the Arab world, they’re desperate to see what else they can do in terms of renewing efforts against Israel to make themselves, if not popular, do some damage control”.
“The missiles that were launched are partly long-range missiles, covering all of the area of Israel and large parts of the Middle East”, said spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon. Reports from state media say that The Revolutionary Guards launched the missiles from northern Iran aimed at targets in the south-east. Netanyahu described the nuclear deal as a mistake that would allow Iran to eventually acquire nuclear weapons. In January, the USA imposed new sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the missile program.
“If our interests are not met under the nuclear deal, there will be no reason for us to continue”, Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, warned during remarks delivered to a group of Iranian officials in Tehran”.
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Iran also has fired rockets near USA warships and flown an unarmed drone over an American aircraft carrier in recent months.
