The White House said there are “strong indications” that Iran’s test of a new ballistic missile has violated a UN Security Council resolution.

White House press secretary, Josh Earnest said that such violations are “nothing new”. Earnest said the Iranians have “almost serially” violated international concerns about the country’s ballistic missile programme.

The missile, Emad, is an Iranian designed intermediate range ballistic missile with a claimed range of 2,500 km and 1,750 kg payload. The missile was revealed by Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan earlier this month.

On the missile’s accuracy, Israeli defence engineer and analyst Uzi Rubin said:

“The Emad represents a major leap in terms of accuracy. It has an advanced guidance and control system in its nose cone”.

The issue is to be raised at the United Nations Security Council to let the body determine whether or not Iran violated any international resolution.

George Allison
George has a degree in Cyber Security from Glasgow Caledonian University and has a keen interest in naval and cyber security matters and has appeared on national radio and television to discuss current events. George is on Twitter at @geoallison

17 COMMENTS

  1. I dont think the Iranians care if they breach them or not. We now have Iranian ground troops fighting in Syria with Russian Air Support. They are gaining ground and getting the Russians as allies. I doubt even Israel would step in and do anything in Iran.

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