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Shockwave: US Says Iran Missile Test Not Violation of Nuke Deal
by Meira Svirsky
October 14, 2015

The U.S. administration has said that Iran’s recent test of a new, long-range, Iranian surface-to-surface ballistic missile is not in violation of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers. The pronouncement runs contrary to what the administration has repeatedly told the American people about the terms of the recent nuclear agreement with Iran – namely that the current UN restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program will remain in place for eight years . The administration has acknowledged that there are “strong indications” that the test violates United Nations Security Council resolutions forbidding Iran to develop and test ballistic missiles.  However, these violations are “altogether separate from the nuclear agreement Iran reached with the rest of the world,” according to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. READ MORE