MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Sunday, Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said that the country test-fired a new surface-to-surface Emad (Pillar) missile. According to Dehghan, the rocket, indigenously designed and manufactured, represents “the first Iran's long-range missile that can be directed and controlled till it strikes the target.”
According to the US official, cited by the media on Monday, the test “likely” violated UN Security Council Resolution 1929, prohibiting Iran from undertaking any activity related to ballistic missiles.
He stressed, however, that the test was not in violation of the Iran nuclear agreement signed in July as the deal aimed only at keeping Tehran’s nuclear program peaceful restricting Tehran's access to nuclear weapons.
