The United States said on Thursday “preoccupiedBy Iran’s launch of a rocket, an advance which they believe could benefit Tehran’s ballistics program, but underlined their attachment to negotiations aimed at saving the Iran nuclear deal.
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“US remains concerned about Iranian development of space launchers, which poses proliferation risk“, Said a spokeswoman for the State Department, who however reaffirmed that Washington”wish a mutual return to full respect of the agreementOf 2015 aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. In the midst of talks in Vienna on its nuclear program, Iran announced Thursday that it had launched into space a rocket carrying three space research devices.
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The spacecraft “includes technologies that are almost identical and interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles, especially long-range ones», Noted the American spokesperson. She added that this launch represented a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 which endorses the 2015 Iran nuclear program agreement (which stands for JCPOA) and urges Tehran to “not carry out any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear charges“.
“Achieve a mutual return to respect for the agreement”
In Vienna, the stake aims to bring back into the pact Washington, which left it in 2018, and to bring Tehran back to the respect of its commitments, broken in reaction to the reinstatement of American sanctions. The United States is indirectly participating in the negotiations. “Iran’s nuclear program was effectively constrained by the JCPOA“, Underlined the spokeswoman for the American diplomacy.
“The previous administration freed them from these constraints, making it even more dangerous“Iran’s other projects, in particular their program”provocativeBallistic missiles, she added. “This is why we try to achieve a mutual return to respect for the agreement», She concluded. Westerners suspect Iran of seeking to develop, using the technology of its satellite launchers, long-range ballistic launchers capable of carrying conventional or nuclear charges.