TEHRAN (Tasnim) � US State Department Spokesman John Kirby said Iran�s missile tests are not a �violation� of the recent nuclear deal struck between Tehran and six world powers.

�Now, that itself � ballistic missile tests � are not a violation of the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action),� Kirby said on Tuesday during his daily press briefing, the official website of the US�Department of State reported.

�They may, in fact, be a violation of existing Security Council resolutions and may in fact be violations of Security Council resolutions that will go into effect post implementation. So there�s lots of ways for the international community to try to check this behavior, as well as the United States unilaterally, and we�re going to continue to focus on that,� he added.

Iran successfully test-fired a new precision-guided long-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, dubbed Emad, on October 11.

Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) finalized the text of the nuclear deal dubbed the JCPOA in the Austrian capital Vienna on July 14.

By Tasnim News Agency