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Iran Ignores UN Resolution; Conducts Second Missile Test

<p>This Sunday marked the second ballistic missile test conducted by Iran since the signing of UN Resolution 2231 &ndash&semi; a rule that bans such tests for eight years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Resolution 2231 went into effect on July 20th&comma; 2015&comma; just days after the controversial nuclear deal with Iran &lpar;JCPOA&rpar; was signed&period; As reported by <em>Fox News<&sol;em>&comma; the launch is a potential violation of the UN resolution&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Iran is &ldquo&semi;called upon not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons&comma; including launches using such ballistic missile technology&comma;&rdquo&semi; reads the resolution&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Khorramshahr medium-range missile was launched from a well-known test side roughly 140 miles east of Tehran&period; It flew over 600 miles before exploding&period; Last December&comma; Brigadier Gen&period; Hossein Dehqan said Iran would start production of the Khorramshahr missile&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Iran argues that the test did not violate the nuclear deal because the missile is not designed to carry a nuclear warhead&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Trump spoke about the JCPOA with Saudi Arabia&rsquo&semi;s King Salman this Sunday&comma; with both parties agreeing &ldquo&semi;on the importance of rigorously enforcing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and of addressing Iran&rsquo&semi;s destabilizing regional activities&comma;&rdquo&semi; reports the White House&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sunday&rsquo&semi;s launch could be considered a &ldquo&semi;destabilizing regional activity&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vice President Mike Pence and Def&period; Sec&period; James Mattis met with King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday&comma; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would discuss the Iran issue with Presdient Trump when the two of them meet in mid-February&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Among the issues I will address &lbrack;with Trump&rsqb; is the need to renew the sanctions against Iran&comma;&rdquo&semi; wrote Netanyahu on Monday&period; &ldquo&semi;Sanctions against the ballistic missiles&comma; and other sanctions against the terror&comma; and re-addressing the failed agreement on its nuclear capabilities&hellip&semi;Iran&rsquo&semi;s aggression should not be ignored&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In March&comma; Iran test-fired a missile adorned with the words &ldquo&semi;Israel must be wiped out&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> Secretary of State Kerry&&num;8217&semi;s notion that Iran would give up its nuclear ambitions was foolish&period; Iran will continue its pursue its domination of the middle east and the destruction of Israel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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