Posted on 03/29/2016 2:54:47 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Western powers are demanding that the UN Security Council take actions over Iran’s repeated ballistic missile tests, Reuters revealed on Tuesday.
In a joint letter to the Security Council seen by the news agency, the United States and its European allies say that by launching nuclear-capable missiles, Iran has defied a United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed last year's nuclear deal.
Iran's recent ballistic tests involved missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons and were "inconsistent with" and "in defiance of" council resolution 2231, adopted last July, says the joint U.S., British, French, German letter to Spain's UN Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi and UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
The Iranian regime earlier this month fired a number of ballistic missiles in tests across the country. The words “annihilate Israel” were reportedly written on the missiles, and Iranian officials claimed the missile systems being developed were needed “to confront the Zionist entity” and to ensure “its collapse”.
Those tests followed several similar tests in October, which a team of UN sanctions monitors later confirmed had violated of a UN Security Council resolution.
The letter quoted by Reuters said the missiles used in the recent launches were "inherently capable of delivering nuclear weapons."
It also asks that the Security Council discuss "appropriate responses" to Tehran's failure to comply with its obligations and urged Ban...
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Get the U.S. out of the United Nations!
LOL, really
If you don’t laugh, you have to cry.
Have they mention anything about NK at all?
I’m sure John Kerry (he served in Vietnam) will send them a letter to tell them how disappointed his master is with this behavior.
Nothing on A7 about Norks.
EU pretends to be relevant in the affairs of the world
Perhaps they’ll put on masques and promenades again, like in Versailles of old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJS51d1Fzg
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Sure, that's going to happen
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