This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, claims to show the launching of an Emad long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile in an undisclosed location. Iran successfully test fired a new guided long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile, state TV reported on Sunday. It was the first such a test since Iran and world powers reach a historical nuclear deal. Iran’s Defense Minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan, told the channel that the liquid-fuel missile “will obviously boost the strategic deterrence capability of our armed forces.” AP
UNITED NATIONS—The United States, France, Britain and Germany are asking the U.N. Security Council to investigate and take “appropriate action” against Iran for conducting a ballistic missile test earlier this month, which they say violated U.N. sanctions.
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A report to the council committee monitoring sanctions against Iran from the four countries, which was raised at a council meeting late Wednesday, says the medium-range missile fired by Iran on Oct. 10 “is inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon.”
It says this violates a June 9, 2010 council resolution that bans Iran from undertaking “any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology.”
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The launch was Iran’s first missile test since the historic nuclear deal reached July 14 between Iran and world powers.