Iranian FM Rejects Reports Claiming US Not Committed to Nuclear Deal

All parties to the Iran nuclear program deal are showing their desire to adhere to the agreement, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday.
 
 Several media reports emerged claiming that the United States was not showing sufficient commitment to the deal.

"If we believed such rumors for the past ten years, we would not have been able to achieve success," Zarif said, commenting on these allegations.

"There is every evidence proving that all sides are really trying to implement this agreement," Zarif said at a press conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Zarif and Steinmeier alongside representatives of other countries and international organizations are taking part in a meeting of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Tehran. The participants are expected to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal, as well as the country’s role in the region and the structure of security of the Middle East.

On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators, comprising Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, reached a historic agreement in the Austrian capital of Vienna, obliging Tehran to guarantee the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is anticipated to provide a final assessment of Tehran’s compliance with the agreement by December 15.
  (Sputnik) 
17/10/15
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• Iran said on Saturday that its recent test launch of a long-range missile does not violate UN Security Council resolutions as claimed by the United States and France.

"Our missile tests have nothing to do with Resolution 2231, which only mentions missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told a news conference.

Speaking in Tehran alongside his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, he added: "None of the Islamic Republic of Iran's missiles have been designed for nuclear capabilities."

Iran announced Sunday it had successfully tested a new domestically produced long-range missile without specifying its exact range.

Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan said the new missile "can be guided and controlled until hitting the target."

The US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power on Friday said the missile launched by Iran is a "medium-range ballistic missile inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon".

"This was a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1929," she said, echoing similar criticism from the French foreign ministry, adding that the US would seek action at the Security Council.

Resolution 1929 prohibits Tehran from conducting ballistic missiles tests.

• Resolution 2231, which was adopted a few days after Iran struck the July 14 landmark nuclear deal with world powers, bars Iran from developing missiles "designed to carry nuclear warheads".

The nuclear deal reached with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States aims to limit Iran's nuclear program in return for lifting international sanctions.

Iran insists it has no plans to develop atomic weapons.

Zarif told the news conference that "nuclear weapons have no place in the military doctrine of Iran" and said that the missile programme of the Islamic republic does not violate UN resolutions.
(AFP)
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17/10/15