Iran tests missile in defiance of Donald Trump's demands to cease nuclear missile programme

23 September 2017

Iran has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) in a show of defiance of US demands, state media reported on Saturday.

Washington is likely to be concerned after the test-firing of the Khoramshahr missile, which was showcased at a military parade on Friday and then on public media.

Iranian state broadcaster IRIB carried footage of the missile test without giving its time and location, including footage from an on-board camera which it said showed the detachment of the cone to carry multiple warheads.

"You are seeing images of the successful test of the Khoramshahr ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km, the latest missile of our country," it said.

An Iranian medium range missile passes by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
EPA

"This is the third Iranian missile with a range of 2,000 km," it added.

At Friday's military parade, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would strengthen its missile capabilities without seeking any country's permission.

At the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, US president Donald Trump warned that Iran was building its missile programme and accused it of exporting violence to Yemen, Syria and other parts of the Middle East.

Mr Trump said Iran was one of a "small group of rogue regimes", adding that it was "death and destruction".

He also branded an "embarrassment" the 2015 pact struck between the US and other world powers with Iran to restrict its nuclear programme in return for relief from economic sanctions.

The US in July imposed unilateral sanctions against Iran, saying Tehran's ballistic missile tests in January violate the spirit of a UN resolution that endorsed the nuclear deal.

It has called on Tehran not to take any further action related to nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.

Iran denies its missile development breaches the resolution, saying the missiles are not designed to carry nuclear weapons.

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