But an arms embargo and restrictions on ballistic missile technology capable of carrying a nuclear warhead remain in place, under Resolution 2231.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reacted to Iran’s recent ballistic missile tests by urging Tehran to act with moderation and restraint and to avoid increasing regional tensions.
“A nuclear-armed Iran is an absolutely unacceptable threat to Israel, to the region and the United States”.
“I do want to make it clear that such tests, if they are true, are not a violation of the JCPOA”. But council diplomats said they expect the former chair of that now-defunct committee, Spain, will take on the task of overseeing the monitoring of Tehran’s compliance with resolution 2231.
Biden’s comments came after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who strongly opposed the nuclear deal.
But Iran denied the missile tests were a violation of the landmark 2015 agreement, which led to the lifting of sanctions in January.
“If it’s confirmed that this is what they, in fact, did, then we’ll have every intention of raising the matter to the UN Security Council”, Kirby said during a daily press briefing on Tuesday, the official website of the US Department of State reported. Tehran has also said that none of its missiles are created to carry nuclear weapons. To deal with the restrictions in the nuclear agreement, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution last July which among other measures “calls on” Iran not to carry out such tests. Another diplomat acknowledged, “We’re not mounting an argument that it’s a binding obligation”.
While no new U.N. sanctions may be imminent, Western diplomats say that the United States and some of its allies could take additional punitive action in the form of unilateral national sanctions against Iran over the latest missile launches, something Washington has done previously.
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Iran state TV trumpeted Wednesday’s test as officials boasted that it demonstrated the country’s might against longtime nemesis Israel.
