Iran missile test doesn’t violate JCPOA

The United States says Iran’s recent missile launch does not violate its nuclear agreement with the 5+1 group.

US State Department Spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday night the missile launch would not constitute a breach of the deal.

"I do want to make it clear that such tests, if they are true, are not a violation of the JCPOA," he said, referring to the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" signed between Iran and the 5+1 group -- Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany – last year.

"We have and we will use unilateral and multilateral tools to address this. If these latest reports are true, we'll take them up appropriately," he said.

"We're not going to turn a blind eye to this... I'm just trying to get to a technical point here, which is that it's not a violation of the Iran deal itself," he noted.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) successfully test-fired two ballistic missiles in line with the country's defense doctrine.

The missiles dubbed Qadr-H and Qadr-F were fired on Wednesday during the large-scale drills, code-named Eqtedar-e-Velayat.

Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said Qadr-H missile has a range of 1,700 kilometers while Qadr-F missile can destroy targets some 2,000 kilometers away.

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