MNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US is falsely accusing Iran of violating UN Security Council 2231 resolution while it has earlier breached the same resolution.







In a tweet on Sunday, Zarif wrote, ��Surrealism� is now the US' modus operandi in its foreign affairs: While itself violates UNSCR 2231�and even threatens to punish those who don't wish to violate it in abiding with illegal US sanctions�it now falsely accuses Iran of violating the very SAME resolution. #Hypocrisy�

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had tweeted about Iran on Saturday, saying that Iran �has just test-fired a medium range ballistic missile that�s capable of carrying multiple warheads.� This test violates UNSCR 2231.� He condemned such activities and called upon Iran to stop these measures.

The first response to Pompeo was made by Bahram Ghasemi, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, who�saidSunday that Iran's missile program has a defensive nature, and no UN Security Council resolution bans Iran from missile program or tests.

Also, Spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi�said�Sunday that missile test and defense capabilities of the Islamic Republic are for deterrence purposes and that test-firing and developing missiles will continue.