29 Mar 2024
Friday 11 March 2016 - 22:30
Story Code : 205735

Iran missile might impervious to sanctions, resolutions: Commander



A senior Iranian commander says theIslamic Republic will continue to augment itsmissile program even if it is targeted with fresh sanctions.

Sanctions and resolutions will not create any obstacle to the strengthening of Irans defense might and missile capability, Deputy Chief of Staff of Irans Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said on Friday.

He added that Irans missile program is not subject to the countrys nuclear agreement with six world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reached on July 14, 2015.

On January 16, Iran and the P5+1 group ofcountries -the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany -started to implement the JCPOA.

After the JCPOA went into effect, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the Security Council and the US were lifted. Iran, in return, has put some limitations on its nuclear activities.

Jazayeri further reiterated that Irans missile development program is non-negotiable and a red line for the Islamic Republic.

Therefore, the Iranian general added, adopting hasty, emotional, deceitful positions and spreading propaganda against the show of force by the Iranian Armed Forces, including the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), are devoid of any justification.

He said the Western governments, notably the US, are determined to impose fresh missile sanctions on Iran through their unjust and groundless interpretations of the JCPOA in a sly bid to undermine and dismantle surface-to-surface ballistic missiles of Iran.

Jazayeri urgedthe US and its Western and regional allies to accept realities and steer clear of adventurism.

TheIslamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully test-fired two more ballistic missiles on Wednesday as part of military drills to assess their capabilities.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] A ballistic missile is launched during large-scale drills in northern Iran, March 9, 2016. Fars News Agency[/caption]

The missiles dubbed Qadr-H and Qadr-F were fired during large-scale drills, code-named Eqtedar-e-Velayat.

On Tuesday, Iran fired another ballistic missile called Qiam from silo-based launchers in different locations across the country.

Iran has repeatedly assured other countries that its military might poses no threat to other states, insisting that its defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence.

By Press TV

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