Iran missile test
Iran has stated that its recent test of a ballistic missile was not intended to test new U.S. President, Donald Trump or to send a message to him.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying: “Iran’s missile test was not a message to the new U.S. government.
“There is no need to test Mr Trump as we have heard his views on different issues in recent days… We know him quite well.”
“We are waiting to see how the U.S. government will act in different international issues to evaluate their approach.”
Recall that Iran test-fired a new ballistic missile last week which has put them in the eye of grave criticisms as many say Iran has breached its 2015 nuclear.
President Trump posted on twitter that Tehran was “playing with fire” as he was not as soft as former President Barack Obama.
German newspaper also reported that the ballistic missile was a nuclear capable missile.
Iran has test-fired several ballistic missiles since the 2015 deal, but the latest test on January 29 was the first since Trump entered the White House. Trump said during his election campaign that he would stop Iran’s missile program.
Qasemi said The U.S. government was “still in an unstable stage” and Trump’s comments were “contradictory”.
Despite heated words between Tehran and Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday he was not considering strengthening U.S. forces in the Middle East to address Iran’s “misbehavior”.
Hamid Aboutalebi, deputy chief of staff to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, posted on twitter on Monday that the U.S. government “should de-escalate regional tension not adding to it”, and Washington should “interact with Iran” rather than challenging it.