Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 14
By Temkin Jafarov, Khalid Kazimov - Trend:
A recent missile test conducted by Iran has not violated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA aka Iran nuclear deal), member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Javad Jahangirzadeh told Trend.
"This test has nothing to do with the JCPOA and the UNSC resolution. It was aimed at protecting the country's sovereignty and increasing defense preparedness to protect Iran," the lawmaker said.
Further Jahangirzadeh added that Iran's defense policies on missiles are domestic issues which are considered defense issues.
On Oct. 11 Iran test-fired a new home made long-range ballistic missile dubbed Emad.
The US State Department said it would refer the issue to the United Nations Security Council for review to determine whether the test violated a U.N. resolution.
"It's deeply concerning that this latest violation does appear to be a violation of U.N. Security Council resolution 1929, and we'll obviously raise this at the Security Council as we have done with previous launches," State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.
The JCPOA was reached between Iran and the P5+1 (the US, the UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) on July 14. It will curb Iran 's nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions.
Under international restrictions, Iran has used domestic talents to improve its military power, frequently unveiling new products.
As a result of the embargo, Iran's military capability is drastically limited compared to the US and NATO forces.
Thus, the country's focus on smart munitions, light attack craft, mines, and ballistic missiles are part and parcel of the asymmetrical conflict war policy the country would rely on in the event of conflict with a global military power.
Since 1992, Iran has been manufacturing its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, radars, boats, submarines and fighter planes. Iran also unveiled its first long-range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in 2010.