DefenceTalkIran conducted multiple ballistic missile tests Tuesday in what it said was a display of “deterrent power,” defying US sanctions imposed earlier this year aimed at disrupting its missile program. State media announced that short-, medium- and long-range precision guided missiles were fired from several sites to show the country’s “all-out readiness to confront threats” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-conducts-new-missile-tests-defying-us-sanctions-66996/

DefenceTalkIran denounced new US sanctions on its missile program on Monday but pushed ahead with international cooperation after its historic nuclear deal. Washington announced the new sanctions on Sunday, the day after the UN atomic watchdog confirmed that Iran had complied with the measures imposed by the deal with global powers reached in Vienna in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-denounces-new-us-sanctions-on-missile-program-66409/

DefenceTalkIran will not accept any limitations on its missile program, Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan said on Wednesday after UN experts accused Tehran of violating a Security Council resolution. The test-firing of the Emad missile on October 10, three months after a historic nuclear deal, prompted a demand by Britain, France, Germany and the United States […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-says-it-will-not-accept-any-missile-restrictions-66133/

DefenceTalkIran violated a UN resolution in October when it test-launched a medium-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a UN panel of experts has concluded in a report that could lead to sanctions. Britain, France, Germany and the United States had asked a UN Security Council sanctions committee to investigate the launch of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-missile-launch-violated-un-resolution-un-experts-66112/

DefenceTalkThe White House said Tuesday that Iran likely breached a UN Security Council resolution when it tested a long-range ballistic missile, raising the prospect of recriminations. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there were “strong indications” that Tehran “did violate UN Security Council resolutions that pertain to Iran’s ballistic missile activities.” Iran announced Sunday it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-iran-missile-test-may-have-broken-un-rules-65632/

DefenceTalkTehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the country’s latest domestically produced surface to surface missile on Saturday, saying such weapons are necessary for defence in the Middle East. The Fateh (Winner) 313 ballistic missile has a 500-kilometre (300 miles) range and features more advanced sensors and technology, according to Sepah News, the website of Iran’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-unveils-new-short-range-ballistic-missile-65105/

DefenceTalkA dispute over United Nations sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program emerged July 6, holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers on the eve of a self-imposed deadline. Though ballistic missiles have not been addressed previously in the negotiations, and were not included in a framework agreement announced in April, “the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-stalls-nuclear-talks-with-new-demands-on-ballistic-missiles-64824/

DefenceTalkIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his offensive against the framework nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday, saying it fails to address Tehran’s long-range missile arsenal. “Why doesn’t the framework address Iran’s intercontinental ballistic missile program whose sole purpose is to carry nuclear payloads?” he asked on his official Twitter account. He said the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/netanyahu-wants-iran-deal-to-cover-missile-capacity-63773/

DefenceTalkIran unveiled a new surface-to-air missile Tuesday and two radar systems it said would improve its defences against “enemies”. The military ceremony came just one week after Iran said it downed an Israeli spy drone that had reportedly been deployed above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in central Iran. The Talash-3 (Effort-3, in Persian) missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-unveils-new-missile-radar-systems-60513/

DefenceTalkIran paraded 30 missiles with a nominal range of 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) Sunday, the first time it had displayed so many with the theoretical capacity to hit Israeli targets. Iran displayed 12 Sejil and 18 Ghadr missiles at the annual parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. The stated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-parades-30-2000-km-range-missiles-49170/