Iran is developing "nuclear-capable ballistic missiles", violating a United Nations Security Council resolution, denouncing Germany, Britain and France in a joint letter to the UN secretary-general. In this letter, the ambassadors of these countries to the UN urge, the Secretary General Antonio Guterres to inform the Council in its next report that the activity of Iran in ballistic missiles is "incompatible" with a resolution of the Council approving the nuclear agreement with Iran in 2015.
Iran denounces "American pressure"
This letter is "a desperate lie to hide their miserable incompetence in fulfilling the bare minimum of their own obligations," responded on Twitter, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs. If the three countries want to have "a minimum of global credibility, they can begin by exercising their sovereignty rather than bowing to US pressure," he denounces.
Tests between April and August 2019
This resolution, recalling the three powers, provides that "Iran is required not to carry out any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be able to carry nuclear weapons, including shots using the technology of ballistic missiles". However, they "note with concern" that Iran has violated this resolution.
They rely in particular on images broadcast on "social media" on April 22, 2019 showing a test of a new version of Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile, according to them capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. London, Berlin and Paris cite further evidence of the development of these ballistic missiles, such as the launch on 2 August 2019 by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen of the Borkan-3, a "liquid-propelled ballistic missile," with a range of about 1,300 kilometers ".