“The Islamic Republic of Iran declares once again that it will continue its missile program with full force based on its defense doctrines and national security calculations and that such remarks have no impact upon the country’s legitimate missile program”, he said, referring to the remarks by Merkel.
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“They may be tempted to try to undermine and torpedo the Vienna agreement on the nuclear program and the resulting normalization of relations with us and the West as a whole”.
“We suggest that Mr. Ban and his colleagues… produce a realistic report…”
Recent German intelligence reports surfacing show that Iran’s mullah-led regime stepped up its efforts to acquire advanced nuclear technology which can only be translated into last year’s nuclear deal with Iran will never guarantee a world safe from an Iranian nuclear threat.
Salehi further pointed out that the successful implementation of the JCOPA will serve the interests of Iran, the West, the Middle East as well as the entire global community, warning that its breach will likewise be to the detriment of everyone.
A Security Council diplomat reportedly told the Agence France Presse news agency that the report made “no recommendations to the Security Council”.
Such missile production and tests of the weapons could be viewed as being opposed to the U.N. Security Council’s rulings on missile development, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
And amendment No 46 ensures Iran will not receive loans from U.S. financial institutions to purchase militarily-fungible aircraft by prohibiting OFAC from using funds to authorise the financing of such transactions.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – in a statement released at the weekend – claimed the Iranian programme was “inconsistent with UNSCR 2231” – a resolution adopted in 2015 to endorse a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.
The Boeing deal is the result of USA commitments under the Iran nuclear agreement, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to lift restrictions put in place decades ago that have left Iran with one of the most unsafe civilian flight records in the world. But Iran is still subject to a United Nations arms embargo and other restrictions.
Dismissing the concerns, Qasemi said Iran’s missile program does not breach UNSCR 2231.
Iran’s missile program is not linked to the nuclear deal and does not conflict with the U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing the agreement, he said.
The State Department has maintained that Iran is meeting its commitments to the nuclear agreement, even in light of the new German intelligence reports about ballistic missile program procurement.
In addition to the eight regional intelligence reports, Germany federal domestic intelligence agency said in late June in its new report: Iran continued “illegal proliferation-sensitive procurement activities in Germany registered by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution persisted in 2015 at what is, even by global standards, a quantitatively high level”.
The German intelligence body in the regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia registered 141 such attempts past year, as opposed to 83 similar tries in 2014.
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“What is important to Iran is the other side’s commitment to its obligations”, Qasemi said, adding that Tehran “regards the United States government responsible for Washington’s fulfilment of its nuclear commitments”.
