Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has ordered an expansion of the country’s ballistic missile development programme, in a move seen as a response to possible new U.S. sanctions against Iranian officials and businesses.
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By backing off sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile test-and fairly insignificant sanctions at that-the Obama administration has left the impression that, contrary to its repeated pledges, it may not enforce current sanctions or impose new ones should Tehran violate U.N. Security Council resolutions or the nuclear deal. Congress has been notified of those deliberations.
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“The recent missile tests, along with the firing in proximity to a USA aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, raise serious concerns about whether Iran will adhere to the remainder of its commitments under the JCPOA”.
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Ballistic missile tests by Iran are prohibited under Security Council resolution 1929, which was passed five years ago and remains valid until July’s nuclear deal goes into effect.
A special adviser is needed to make sure that all required sanctions against Iran are being imposed, Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan.
TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) – Iran’s defense minister said Friday that despite the US pressures, Iran will not slow down the pace of development in its missile program.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it was considering sanctions against a number of Iranian and worldwide individuals and agencies for their alleged involvement in developing Iran’s ballistic missile program.
By the bill’s reckoning, the U.S. owes Iran compensation for this and other incidents simply because of America’s longstanding alliance with Saudi Arabia.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal said the White House had delayed plans to slap new sanctions on Iran but the measures remained on the table.
“The administration’s desperate attempts to get sanctions relief before the elections in February based on an unfounded belief that it will promote what they perceive as a “moderate” political strain in Iran is both naïve and risky”.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani denounced the United States moves Thursday as “hostile and illegal interventions” that must be met with a response.
Eight members of parliament sent a letter to Mr. Rouhani in appreciation of his “decisive, precise and calculated response” to the planned US missile sanctions, according to state media.
Iran has always denied seeking an atomic weapon and argues that its missiles would never be created to, nor ever carry, such a bomb.
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U.S.-backed regimes in the region, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, have large stockpiles of ballistic missiles.
