Iran fires missiles marked with 'Israel must be wiped out'
Dubai: Iran test-launched two ballistic missiles emblazoned with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" in Hebrew, Iranian media reported, in a show of power by the Shiite nation as US Vice-President...
View ArticleIran: Missile Tests Not Violation of Nuclear Deal
VOA News Iran said Thursday its ballistic missile program and the tests it conducted this week do not violate its commitments under a nuclear agreement reached last year with a group of six world...
View ArticleIran Tests Ballistic Missiles
VOA News Iran said Tuesday it conducted ballistic missile tests at several sites across the country in order to show its "deterrent power" and readiness to confront threats. The tests come two months...
View ArticleU.S. official raises Iran rocket fears; Tehran denies tests are illegal
(CNN) A U.S. official has told CNN that Iran has the ability to launch a three-stage rocket with a satellite on top "at any minute." It would be Iran's first ever launch of this configuration, and like...
View ArticleMissile tests no violation of JCPOA, UN Resolution: Iran
Iran says its latest launch of ballistic missiles does not violate the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 group of countries and is not in contravention of a United Nations Security Council...
View ArticleIran visit is a chance to fight for peace
The former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger once said that Iran needed to decide whether it was "a nation or a cause". The "cause" was to spread the Islamic revolution, Shiite style, the priority...
View ArticleUS accusations on Iran’s missile program ‘completely invalid’
The latest US accusations against Iran’s ballistic missile program are “completely invalid” and were made under pressure from the Zionist lobby in Washington, an American writer and retired professor...
View ArticleIran says missiles for self defense, tests do not violate nuclear deal
View gallery Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...
View ArticleIran’s foreign minister denies missile tests breach UN rules
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday used a meeting with his Australian counterpart to reject a U.S. argument that the test-firing of Iranian missiles last week violated a U.N....
View ArticleUS ambassador calls Iran missile tests provocative
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Iran's recent ballistic...
View ArticleIsrael demands world powers punish Iran for missile tests
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on world powers to punish Iran after the country test-fired two ballistic missiles emblazoned with the phrase "Israel must...
View ArticleAustralia's foreign minister to raise missile tests with Iranian counterpart
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday she will challenge her Iranian counterpart when they meet this week over reported missile tests during a...
View ArticleIran missiles serve defensive, deterrent purposes: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the country’s ballistic missile serves defensive and deterrent purposes, stressing that the Islamic Republic has never sought to launch aggression against any...
View ArticleIran FM defends right to use missiles for defense
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has defended the country's right to use ballistic missiles, saying Iran's missiles are a means of defense. "We spent a fraction of any other country in the...
View ArticleU.S. to raise Iran's 'dangerous' missile tests at U.N.
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will raise during U.N. Security Council consultations next week the issue of Iran's recent ballistic missile launches and is urging...
View ArticleIran seen escaping U.N. sanctions over missiles due to ambiguous resolution
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran will likely escape new United Nations sanctions, though the U.N. Security Council could issue a public reprimand for recent...
View ArticleRussia opposes new U.N. sanctions over Iran missile tests
By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia, which has veto power in the United Nations Security Council, said on Monday Iran should not face new council sanctions over...
View ArticleIran missile tests not in breach of JCPOA, UN resolution: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again reiterated that Tehran's ballistic missile tests do not violate the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 group of countries and are...
View ArticleUS Urges International Response on Iranian Missile Launch
Margaret Besheer UNITED NATIONS— The United States is urging U.N. Security Council members to respond to Iran for its recent ballistic missile launch. U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said Monday...
View ArticleJulie Bishop presses Iran on ballistic missiles but no deal on failed refugees
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has backed a United Nations Security Council probe into Tehran's latest ballistic missile test despite a personal assurance from her Iranian counterpart the weapons are...
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