France, Germany and the United Kingdom say
“Iran’s developments of nuclear-capable ballistic
missiles” go against a U.N. Security Council
resolution calling on Tehran not to undertake
any activity related to such missiles.
Ambassadors from the three European nations
urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
in a letter circulated this week to inform the
council in his next report that Iran’s ballistic
missile activity is “inconsistent” with the call in a
council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear
deal with Iran.
The letter cites footage released on social media
April 22, 2019, of a previously unseen flight test of
a new Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile
variant “equipped with a maneuverable re-entry
vehicle.” It says: “The Shahab-3 booster used in
the test is a Missile Technology Control Regime
category-1 system and as such is technically
capable of delivering a nuclear weapon.”