Iran insists its missile tests do not violate nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign ministry insisted on Thursday that the missile tests carried out by the country's Revolutionary Guard this week do not violate Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers or a U.N. Security Council resolution.
According to ministry spokesman, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the missiles were "conventional defensive instruments and they were merely for legitimate defense," the official IRNA news agency reported.
Israel's Foreign Ministry condemned the launch, saying it did violate the U.N. resolution and that it shows that Iran "continues to dismiss the international community's demands and to develop its aggressive capabilities."