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Iran: Won't accept curbs on missile program
(MENAFN- Arab News) DUBAI: Iran's Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said on Wednesday his country would not accept any restrictions on its missile program and would continue its tests.
'We tested Emad which is a conventional missile (on Oct. 11) to show the world that the Islamic Republic will only act based on its national interests and no country or power can impose its will on Iran' Dehghan was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. 'Iran will not accept any restrictions on its missile program' he added.
Earlier President Hassan Rouhani said that the UN nuclear agency's decision to close the books on a decade-long probe of allegations that Tehran worked on nuclear weapons is a 'big success.'
He hailed the decision as a 'moral political and legal victory' in a televised address saying it paved the way for Iran to fulfill its remaining obligations under a nuclear deal with world powers. The probe had to be formally ended as part of the historic agreement which will lift sanctions in return for Iran curbing its nuclear activities.
A resolution to close the probe was approved by consensus of the 35-nation board of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency.
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano has said his investigation couldn't reconstruct all the details of Iran's past activities. He said Iran worked on studies relevant to making nuclear weapons with coordinated efforts up to 2003 tapering off into scattered activities up to 2009. Tehran denies ever seeking nuclear arms.
Rouhani said Iran would carry out its remaining obligations in the coming two weeks to pave the way for the lifting of sanctions in January. Iran will now dismantle some of its nuclear centrifuges and ship out a major portion of its stockpile of enriched uranium.
'We tested Emad which is a conventional missile (on Oct. 11) to show the world that the Islamic Republic will only act based on its national interests and no country or power can impose its will on Iran' Dehghan was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. 'Iran will not accept any restrictions on its missile program' he added.
Earlier President Hassan Rouhani said that the UN nuclear agency's decision to close the books on a decade-long probe of allegations that Tehran worked on nuclear weapons is a 'big success.'
He hailed the decision as a 'moral political and legal victory' in a televised address saying it paved the way for Iran to fulfill its remaining obligations under a nuclear deal with world powers. The probe had to be formally ended as part of the historic agreement which will lift sanctions in return for Iran curbing its nuclear activities.
A resolution to close the probe was approved by consensus of the 35-nation board of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency.
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano has said his investigation couldn't reconstruct all the details of Iran's past activities. He said Iran worked on studies relevant to making nuclear weapons with coordinated efforts up to 2003 tapering off into scattered activities up to 2009. Tehran denies ever seeking nuclear arms.
Rouhani said Iran would carry out its remaining obligations in the coming two weeks to pave the way for the lifting of sanctions in January. Iran will now dismantle some of its nuclear centrifuges and ship out a major portion of its stockpile of enriched uranium.
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