Iran’s ballistic missile activity has been growing since 2015, says Mike Pompeo

The Trump administration said that Iran’s ballistic missile activity has been growing since the 2015 nuclear deal was agreed upon.

Urging stronger restrictions to the UN Security Council against Iran on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Tehran has increased its ballistic missile activity comprehensively.

“Iran has exploited the goodwill of nations and defied multiple Security Council resolutions in its quest for a robust ballistic missile force,” Pompeo told the council at its semiannual meeting to discuss the nuclear deal’s implementation.

“The United States will never stand for this,” he added. Pompeo further noted that Security Council Resolution 2231, which enshrines the nuclear deal in international law, “calls upon” Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

“When we ‘call upon’ Iran to cease its ballistic missile activity, we agree it must stop now. But Iran is as defiant of the world’s insistence as ever,” Pompeo added. “Iran’s pace of missile activity, including missile launches and tests, did not diminish since the JCPOA. In fact, Iran’s missile testing and missile proliferation is growing,” he concluded, referring to the nuclear deal by its acronym.

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