Posted on 12/31/2015 10:39:58 AM PST by BenLurkin
The escalating dispute centers on the types of missile that the Islamic Republic is allowed to develop and whether they are capable of, or designed to, carry nuclear warheads.
"As the U.S. government is clearly still pursuing its hostile policies and illegal meddling ... the armed forces need to quickly and significantly increase their missile capability," Rouhani wrote in a letter to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, published by the state news agency, IRNA.
"The defense ministry, with the support of the armed forces, is tasked with putting in place new programs by all available means to increase the country's missile capability," he added.
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A team of U.N. sanctions monitors said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Dec. 15 that the Emad rocket tested by Iran was a ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, making it a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution.
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Another success story of John F. Kerry, the genius.
“US Sanctions Threat” - now there’s a knee-slapper. Does anyone believe bammy, Kerry, and their cohorts in crime would pursue sanctions against Iran after they’ve told us all how great and peaceful the Iranians are, how we have nothing to worry about, they’ll abide by the agreement, yadda yadda? To turn around and have to say gee, I guess the Iranians aren’t playing ball on missiles, we can’t trust them, we have to coerce them... Nope, no way I see that happening. The “threat” is virtually nil.
Yup, odumbo and his ilk made a really great deal with Iran, haven’t they?
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