Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi doubled down on Gen. Shekarchi’s statements, reiterating Iran’s ongoing missile development efforts are strictly for the nation’s defense, adding the U.N.’s Security Council has approved no resolution prohibiting missile program and missile tests by Iran.”
Their comments came in response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claims that Iran’s missile development work was in violation of the terms included in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with the U.S. The Trump White House officially withdrew from the pact, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in May.
U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, the White House’s point man on curbing Iranian aggression across the globe, said Thursday that Washington stands prepared to use forces to curtail such weapons development activities.