WASHINGTON () – The United States voiced concern Thursday about Iran s new space launch, saying it would help the clerical state s missile program, but indicated it was still pursuing diplomacy to return to a nuclear deal.<\/p>\n
“The United States remains concerned with Iran\u00a0s development of space launch vehicles, which pose a significant proliferation concern,” a State Department spokesperson said after Iran announced it had sent three research cargo units into space.<\/p>\n
The space launch vehicles “incorporate technologies that are virtually identical to, and interchangeable with, those used in ballistic missiles, including longer-range systems,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson contended that Iran\u00a0s space launches also violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which blessed a 2015 nuclear deal and called upon Iran not to carry out work on ballistic missiles with the potential to carry nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n
Former president Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the deal three years later and imposed sweeping sanctions.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden backs a return to the talks, with US negotiator Rob Malley again in Vienna for European-brokered negotiations on reviving the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).<\/p>\n
“Iran\u00a0s nuclear program was effectively constrained by the JCPOA,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“The previous administration released them from those constraints, making all the other concerns we have about Iranian policy, including their provocative ballistic missile program, still more dangerous.<\/p>\n
“That is why we are seeking a mutual return to full compliance with the deal.”<\/p>\n
The Biden administration has been disappointed by the pace of the talks, with Iran electing a new hardline president and demanding a sweeping lift of sanctions beyond the offer of Washington.<\/p>\n
Since tensions with Iran under the Trump administration, analysts say Tehran has made major advances in its missile program, as demonstrated in a 2020 air strike on a base in Iraq used by US forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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