October 22, 2015
US, allies demand UN action on Iran missile test
The US and its allies have sent a letter to the UN Security Council demanding action in response to an illegal Iranian missile test.
AFP:
The United States will seek action at the UN Security Council after concluding that Iran's recent ballistic missile launch was a "clear violation" of UN resolutions, the US ambassador said Friday.
Iran announced Sunday it had successfully tested a new domestically produced long-range missile, which it said was the first that could be guided all the way to targets.
"After reviewing the available information, we can confirm that Iran launched on October 10 a medium-range ballistic missile inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon," US Ambassador Samantha Power said.
"This was a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1929," she added in remarks released to the press.
Power said the United States would present a report on the violation to the UN sanctions committee in the...(Read Full Post)