By launching nuclear-capable missiles Iran’s regime has defied a United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed last year’s nuclear deal, the United States and its European allies said in a joint letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
The Iranian regime’s recent ballistic tests involved missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons and were “inconsistent with” and “in defiance of” council resolution 2231, adopted last July, said the joint U.S., British, French, German letter to Spain’s U.N. Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.
The letter said the missiles used in the recent launches were “inherently capable of delivering nuclear weapons.” It also asked that the Security Council discuss “appropriate responses” to Tehran’s failure to comply with its obligations and urged Ban to report back on Iranian missile work inconsistent with 2231.
Spain has been assigned the task of coordinating council discussions on resolution 2231.
The commander of the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards’ missile battery said the missiles tested were designed to be able to hit U.S. ally Israel, Reuters reported.
The letter said the four Western powers “note with concern that Iranian military leaders have reportedly claimed these missiles are designed to be a direct threat to Israel.”
