Gen. Hossein Dehghan later said Iran hadn’t test-fired a missile of that range cited by the media, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency, an apparent reference to the Tasnim report.
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“Iran’s launch of its ballistic missiles is in flagrant violation of its global obligations”, David Keyes, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told ABC News. The U.N. Security Council lifted its ban on such testing when the deal was struck, but passed a resolution that “calls upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles… including launches using such ballistic missile technology”.
Iran said that it has test-fired a missile capable of reaching Israel.
The nuclear deal, which became effective in January, does not directly address missile restrictions.
The White House said it was looking into whether or not Iran had tested a medium-range ballistic missile on Monday after Iranian news agencies issued conflicting reports about whether a precision-guided weapon had been fired.
German auto parts supplier Robert Bosch is opening an office in Tehran and plans to hire 50 staff by the end of this year because it sees growing potential for Iran’s vehicle market following the lifting of worldwide sanctions.
Iranian soldiers preparing to launch a Hawk surface-to-air missile during military maneuvers at an undisclosed location in Iran, Nov. 13, 2012.
In one more recent development in already turbulent ties between Tehran and Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and other attacks allegedly blamed on Iran.
The U.S. State Department had no immediate comment on the test when contacted by USA TODAY. “We will also encourage a serious review of the incident and press for an appropriate response”, said Mr. Toner.
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However, Dehqan added that the country will never give up its missile program.
