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                    Iran Carries Out Ballistic Missile Tests

   by VOA News

   Iran said Tuesday it conducted ballistic missile tests at several sites
   across the country in order to show its "deterrent power" and readiness
   to confront threats.

   The tests come two months after the United States imposed new sanctions
   against five Iranian nationals and a network of companies with links to
   banned missile activity.

   Iran defended two previous missile tests last October as being a matter
   of national security after the U.S. and other Western powers said the
   launches violated a U.N. Security Council resolution.

   Since then, a new resolution came into force with the implementation of
   the agreement Iran reached with a group of world powers to roll back
   its nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.  That deal was
   meant to address concerns that Iran was working on nuclear weapons,
   which it always denied.

   The new text calls on Iran to not "undertake any activity related to
   ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear
   weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology."
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