US envoy to the United Nations Samantha Power said that Washington will continue to push the UN Security Council to assess Iran's recent ballistic tests.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The United States will keep on�pressing to�obtain a response by�the UN Security Council on�the issue of�Iran�s ballistic missile tests, US envoy to�the United Nations Samantha Power told reporters following�consultations on�Iran.
"We will continue to�push in�the Security Council in�the [Resolution] 2231 format, bring forward the technical information�� that Iran itself has made public�� showing that the technology they used is inherently capable of�delivering nuclear weapons and thus inherently defying Resolution 2231," Power said.


Power claimed the launches violated UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which calls on�Iran not to�engage in�launching ballistic missiles that can be designed to�carry and deliver nuclear warheads.

She noted that the ballistic missiles Iran recently tested Iran's recent ballistic testswere designed to�be capable of�delivering nuclear warheads.
"This merits a [Security] Council response. The Council needs to�take its responsibility and Russia seems to�be lawyering its way to�look for�reasons not to�act rather than�stepping up�and being prepared to�shoulder our collective responsibility," Power maintained.



Earlier in�the day, Russia's Ambassador to�the UN Vitaly Churkin said Tehran's missile tests did not violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231 because the resolution does not prohibit ballistic missile launches, but�only calls on�Iran to�restrain itself from�such activities.

The United States had called on�the UN Security Council to�meet to�address Iran�s ballistic missile activities.

Last week, Iranian state media reported the country�s Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out�ballistic missile launches as�one of�the last steps in�testing the missiles' capabilities.
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