The United States says Iran’s recent missile launch does not violate its nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group.
US State Department Spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday night the missile launch would not constitute a breach of the deal.
“I do want to make it clear that such tests, if they are true, are not a violation of the JCPOA,” he said, referring to the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” signed between Iran and the P5+1 group — Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany – last year.
“We have and we will use unilateral and multilateral tools to address this. If these latest reports are true, we’ll take them up appropriately,” he said.
“We’re not going to turn a blind eye to this… I’m just trying to get to a technical point here, which is that it’s not a violation of the Iran deal itself,” he noted.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully test-fired two ballistic missiles in line with the country’s defense…