Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say
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[quote]Iran conducted its first ballistic missile test under Donald Trump's presidency, in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday.
The launch occurred Sunday at a well-known test site outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of Tehran, Fox News was first to learn.
The Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile flew 600 miles before exploding, in a failed test of a reentry vehicle, officials said. Iran defense minister Brigadier Gen. Hossein Dehqan said in September that Iran would start production of the missile.
U.N. resolution 2231 -- put in place days after the Iran nuclear deal was signed -- calls on the Islamic Republic not to conduct such tests. However, this is at least Iran's second such test since July. The resolution bars Iran from conducting ballistic missile tests for eight years and went into effect July 20, 2015.
Iran is "called upon not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology," according to the text of the resolution.
The landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, however, does not include provisions preventing Iran from conducting ballistic missile tests, and Iran claims the tests are legitimate because they are not designed to carry a nuclear warhead.
President Trump on Sunday spoke with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, a conversation in which the two "agreed on the importance of rigorously enforcing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and of addressing Iran’s destabilizing regional activities," the White House said in a statement.
A ballistic missile launch could potentially fall under "destabilizing regional activities."
The launch also came a day before Jordan’s King Abdullah arrived in Washington for meetings with Vice President Pence and Defense Secretary Mattis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would address the Iran issue with Trump when the two leaders meet on Feb. 15.
"I will meet President Trump in Washington soon, and among the issues I will address, is the need to renew the sanctions against Iran," Netanyahu wrote on Facebook on Monday. "Sanctions against the ballistic missiles, and other sanctions against the terror, and re addressing the failed agreement on its nuclear capabilities.
"I know that this bothers not only Israel, and not only the US but other countries in the region. Iran's aggression should not be ignored."
The U.S. intelligence community was able to identify Sunday's launch due to its robust satellite network. The overhead system can detect the heat signature of missile launches and explosions from bombs being dropped around the world.
Last March, Iran sparked international condemnation when it test-fired two ballistic missiles, one emblazoned with the phrase “Israel must be wiped out” in Hebrew.
U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel told lawmakers last March the United States should continue to "expose" Iran for the role that the rogue nation plays in the region, including its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, responsible for dropping barrel bombs on his own people.
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Every hour now shit just continues to get more fucked.
I'm just waiting for Trump to go overly aggressive and bomb them as a response.
Why does this spiral downward into what feels like an inevitable war have to be happening so [B]damn quickly.[/B] Can't it wait like a decade or something I've got important shit to do first damnit!
[QUOTE]I'm just waiting for Trump to go overly aggressive and bomb them as a response.[/QUOTE]
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Why does this spiral downward into what feels like an inevitable war have to be happening so damn quickly. Can't it wait like a decade or something I've got important shit to do first damnit! [/QUOTE]
You guys have seriously overdosed on the SH anti-Trump circlejerk. Stop being so melodramatic.
[QUOTE=ferrus;51754484]You guys have seriously overdosed on the SH anti-Trump circlejerk. Stop being so melodramatic.[/QUOTE]
They're not being dramatic when countries like China and Iran are readying for war against the US and actively engaging in aggressive behavior. With Trump's ego and no restraint war is a seriously possibility under his "leadership".
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;51754497]They're not being dramatic when countries like China and Iran are readying for war against the US and actively engaging in aggressive behavior. With Trump's ego and no restraint war is a seriously possibility under his "leadership".[/QUOTE]
Yes, but expressing your opinion is explicitly defined as a circlejerk, telling the truth is also a circlejerk. You're only allowed to think and feel what they think and feel, expressing anything to the contrary offends them.
[QUOTE=ferrus;51754484]You guys have seriously overdosed on the SH anti-Trump circlejerk. Stop being so melodramatic.[/QUOTE]nah man I don't want have to fight in a war
[QUOTE=Killer900;51754501]nah man I don't want have to fight in a war[/QUOTE]
Just do like trump did and get deferment after deferment
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;51754504]Just do like trump did and get deferment after deferment[/QUOTE]I can't I'm not rich
To be the devil's advocate, if I was a stubborn country like Iran making progress with a country I've been feuding with for decades, and that country suddenly turned around and started vilifying me again and threatening to kill my people, I'd go back to acting up too.
[QUOTE=Killer900;51754441]Why does this spiral downward into what feels like an inevitable war have to be happening so [B]damn quickly.[/B] Can't it wait like a decade or something I've got important shit to do first damnit![/QUOTE]
No major country in modern times is going to go to war for funsies. The only thing you need to worry about is reforming your incompetent and downright malicious government before Trump & Co. give major countries a reason to go to war.
-Sincerely, the rest of the world
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;51754599]To be the devil's advocate, if I was a stubborn country like Iran making progress with a country I've been feuding with for decades, and that country suddenly turned around and started vilifying me again and threatening to kill my people, I'd go back to acting up too.[/QUOTE]
Iran's been doing this since right after the Iran deal was agreed upon, they don't give a shit
Just a quick question, how the fuck long has America been at war now? Like isn't 9/11 in the history books now? Fuck man, peace is gonna one hell of an odd feeling.
[QUOTE=Svinnik;51754960]Iran's been doing this since right after the Iran deal was agreed upon, they don't give a shit[/QUOTE]
I thought they were being extremely cooperative with the nuclear deal?
[QUOTE=ferrus;51754484]You guys have seriously overdosed on the SH anti-Trump circlejerk. Stop being so melodramatic.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-iran/]There's a legit, actual fucking reason to be worried about Trump overly responding to whatever Iran does[/url]
[editline]31st January 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=da space core;51756247]I thought they were being extremely cooperative with the nuclear deal?[/QUOTE]
Some parts, yes. Other parts, like this, obviously not.
[QUOTE=ferrus;51754484]You guys have seriously overdosed on the SH anti-Trump circlejerk. Stop being so melodramatic.[/QUOTE]
Can we stop with this "lol calm down guys everything is fine" rhetoric? Like shit's been consistently bonkers every day since inauguration day, it's pretty clear at this point that everything isn't fine and people are worried and have good reason to be.
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