An Iranian Emad rocket is launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location October 11, 2015. REUTERS/farsnews.com/Handout via Reuters
Reuters: Exclusive: Iran's October missile test violated U.N. ban - expert panel
The medium-range Emad rocket that Iran tested in October was a ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, which makes it a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution, a team of sanctions monitors said in a confidential new report.
The conclusion of the council's Panel of Experts on Iran will likely lead to calls for expanding sanctions against Tehran in Washington and some other Western capitals. The White House said on Tuesday that it would not rule out additional steps against Tehran over the missile test.
"On the basis of its analysis and findings the Panel concludes that Emad launch is a violation by Iran of paragraph 9 of Security Council resolution 1929," the panel said in its report.
Update: UN experts say Iran missile firing violated UN sanctions -- AP
WNU Editor: This violation deserves sanctions .... but it is not going to happen. Iran has made it very clear that any new sanctions will result in them walking away from the nuclear deal that was negotiated early this year. In the eyes of this administration .... such a failure would damage President Obama's most important foreign policy achievement .... hence no sanctions.
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