<p>How long has it been since the nuclear deal with Iran was signed? Looks like they&rsquo;ve already broken the rules&hellip;</p>
<p>Iran conducted a ballistic missile test on October 10th. The launch is a direct violation of UN resolutions. Four countries, including the United States, have asked the United Nations Security Council to investigate. ;</p>
<p>The new missiles, produced in Iran, are long-range and can be guided all the way to the end target. ;</p>
<p>According to American ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, the missile test Iran conducted on October 10th was a &ldquo;serious violation&rdquo; of the rules; specifically, a &ldquo;clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1929.&rdquo; After reviewing the data, she is certain that the missiles involved were &ldquo;inherently capable of carrying a nuclear weapon.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Power described the test as &ldquo;provocative&rdquo; and asked the UN to select a panel of outside experts to &ldquo;review this matter quickly and recommend appropriate action.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s clear in our view that is a violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions which remain in force after the Iran deal,&rdquo; said Matthew Rycroft, Britain&rsquo;s ambassador. ;</p>
<p>Although the ballistic missile test is a violation apart from the nuclear deal, Rycroft insisted that the deal implies ballistic missile tests &ldquo;in clear violation of Security Council resolution have to be pursued.&rdquo; (A few days after the nuclear deal was signed, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution that prevents Iran from developing missiles &ldquo;designed to carry nuclear warheads.&rdquo;)</p>
<p>So what can the UN do about Iran&rsquo;s blatant defiance now that sanctions have been removed?<em> Reuters</em> mentioned individuals who &ldquo;have said it was possible for the sanctions committee to blacklist additional Iranian individuals or entities if it determined that the missile launch had breached the UN ban.&rdquo; ;However, these individuals did admit that &ldquo;Russia and China, which have opposed the sanctions on Iran&rsquo;s missile program, might block any such moves.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>According to <em>Reuters</em>, Iran will be &ldquo;called upon&rdquo; to stop working on ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. This paltry restriction won&rsquo;t be enforced until the nuclear deal goes into full effect next year. And it only lasts eight years. At most. ;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Iran swears the missiles are not capable of carrying nuclear warheads, <em>but insists it be allowed to expand its missile program. ;</em>Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated on Wednesday that &ndash; unlike the Obama Administration &ndash; the Iranian government believes missile tests and the nuclear agreement are one and the same. He threatened that his country would consider the deal void &ldquo;if any of the six world powers imposed any sanctions on any level and under any pretext.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>This ballistic missile test was a deliberate announcement ;to America, and to the rest of the world, that Iran is in complete control regarding the nuclear deal. Is it a coincidence that this test occurred shortly after concerns that the Islamic Republic&rsquo;s nuclear deal with world powers may place limits on its missile programs? I think not. ;</p>
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