Assertions that Iran's missile program posed a threat to the NATO partners in Europe are unfounded, Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for non-proliferation and arms control, said Wednesday.





MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Press secretary of�the US Embassy in�Moscow, William Stevens, said earlier on�Wednesday that the comprehensive nuclear agreement with�Iran did not resolve the threat posed by�Iran�s ballistic missiles and that Iran continued to�develop and test ballistic missiles of�increasingly longer range that could reach NATO Europe.
"It is unclear what the assertions about�the Iranian missile program posing a threat are based upon. For whom? If for�the US, it's ridiculous, because the range of�Iranian missiles is less than�2,000 kilometers [some 1,243 miles]. Even US forces in�Europe are located farther away from�Iran," Ulyanov said.




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