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According to the Associated Press, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh told the Iranian news agency Fars that the US response "indicated that the test was very important for the United States" . Hajizadeh heads the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guard, responsible for the launch. The army also said that Iran was testing missiles "more than 40 or 50 times" a year.
Earlier this month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of testing a medium-range missile capable of carrying multiple warheads and reaching parts of Europe and the Middle East.
France declared itself concerned by this launch, which was supposed to have taken place on 1 December, which it describes as "provocative and destabilizing" and which "does not correspond" to UN Resolution 2231 on the agreement with Iran.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called the test "provocative, threatening and inconsistent" with UN guidelines, adding that they "should stop" for good.
The United States considered that the alleged test was a violation of the UN resolution supporting the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the six powers, to which Washington has already agreed took of. This resolution calls on Iran to refrain from testing missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Hbadan Rouhani – Photo: AP Photo "title =" Montage with photos of US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hbadan Rouhani photo data "src =": image / jpeg; base64, / 9j / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD / 2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAAQABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAFwABAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgMFB // EABUBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQF / 9oADAMBAAIQAxAAAAFyPMoTKnxGtOUA / wD / xAAcEAABBQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAIDBAYBExT / 2gAIAQEAAQUCM6qZpLUWWkQh4uMPUfhhURlplbGm8Pnr5V0 / PBQ // 8QAGBEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgMAARH / 2gAIAQMBAT8BSkocWtMNejf / xAAXEQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAgAR / 9oACAECAQE / AShJbA1nPK3 / xAAmEAABAwMDAgcAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIDBBEhEjFhBSI0UWJxkaHR / 9oACAEBAAY / ApqSEdkbtO266WZSXsbXHVi Ay9uUG1kIhmaO2QDLfY + + + XC8Yz4VbI4R09Y282MNlb j7XSxLIBKavW98Z9Ckbmzjvwtyv // EACAQAAEEAQQDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAESExQVFh8PGh0eH / 2gAIAQEAAT8hFosRYLc4lABwASkCDi1SnfXGSXc / aKbskWQ2PE3CI4mUEByo5hanQff0u0X / 2gAMAwEAAgADAAAAEMN // 8QAHBEAAQMFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEQABIVFhobHh / 9oACAEDAQE / EGANBYxQHG0GEX4v / 8QAGhEAAgIDAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAREAIWGR0f / aAAgBAgEBPxBrdoq8FRo9Ds // xAAdEAEBAAIDAAMAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMUFRYZHx / 9oACAEBAAE / EAJ3JDMXU0SE8weVGNRDkMRnoyUkA3koV4W vsyAriRW7Rcu0b4B4RYCwYdYgICFCPzys + / + RLQhWB1UV8J25 zz // 2Q == "/>
Immediately after the information on the test, the United States asked the European Union to apply sanctions to the United States, on Iran because of the ballistic missile program. The US government has called the tests a "serious and growing threat."
"The Iranian government says its missile tests are purely defensive, they are not defensive," Washington 's special envoy Brian Hook told reporters on board. Mike Pompeo's plane while traveling to Brussels for a meeting of NATO.
"We would like the European Union to apply sanctions that reflect the Iranian missile program," Hook said.
million. Hook said that President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran since his withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran "can be effective if more nations can join us in these sanctions" .
"It is a serious and growing threat, and countries around the world, not just Europe, must do everything in their power to attack the program. of Iranian missiles ".
Hook said there was "" for NATO allies to consider a proposal targeting individuals and entities playing a key role in the Iranian missile program.
The United States decided in May to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal and to again impose sanctions on Iran
The countries of the United States EU have denounced the measure and are working to preserve the nuclear deal, although they have also criticized Iran's positions on other issues.
