Iran’s regime test-fired several ballistic missiles from silos across the country on Tuesday, Reuters quoted the official website of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as saying, defying recent U.S. sanctions on its missile program.
The test came two months after the United States sanctioned businesses and individuals linked to Tehran’s missile program over a test of the medium-range Emad missile carried out in October 2015.
The United Nations said that test, which took place after Iran’s regime reached a nuclear deal with world powers in July, violated Security Council Resolution 1929 which barred Tehran from undertaking any work on nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.
That resolution expired when the nuclear deal was implemented in January, but a new resolution then came into force under which Iran’s regime is “called upon” not to undertake any work on missiles “designed to” deliver nuclear weapons, Reuters said.
