by AP and Israel Hayom Staff
Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran's defense capabilities are not up for discussion • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington is "prepared to work on a new arrangement to find a peaceful solution" to disputed Iranian missile tests.
Iran's foreign minister is saying the country's missile program is not up for negotiation with the United States.
The missile program and "defense capabilities
of the Islamic Republic of Iran" are not negotiable, Iran's Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday, after meeting with his
Estonian counterpart, Marina Kaljurand.
He added that if Washington was "serious about
defensive issues" in the Middle East, it would stop supplying arms to
Saudi Arabia and Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said
Thursday that the U.S. and its regional allies were "prepared to work on
a new arrangement to find a peaceful solution" to the dispute over
recent Iranian missile tests.
Washington has denounced Iran's ballistic missiles program, including a March 9 test of two ballistic missiles, saying the tests were in violation of a the U.N. Iran argued that the ballistic missiles program does not fall under the U.N. ban, linked to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Washington has denounced Iran's ballistic missiles program, including a March 9 test of two ballistic missiles, saying the tests were in violation of a the U.N. Iran argued that the ballistic missiles program does not fall under the U.N. ban, linked to the 2015 nuclear deal.
AP and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=32989
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