Iran vowed to continue with its missile and space program on Saturday, condemning new US sanctions as an attempt to undermine the international nuclear accord signed in 2015 between international powers and Tehran. Reports Deutsche Welle.
“We will continue with full power our missile program,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi told state broadcaster IRIB on Saturday.
“We consider the action by the US as hostile, reprehensible and unacceptable, and it’s ultimately an effort to weaken the nuclear deal,” he added.
The US Treasury slapped new sanctions on Iran on Friday, a day after it test-fired a satellite-launch rocket into space. The sanctions targeted six subordinates of Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, which develops Iran’s ballistic missile program.
The US suspects Iran of trying to develop space technology for use in a long-range ballistic missile.