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Iran rejects West's concerns over missile program

Xinhua, July 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday dismissed concerns raised recently by NATO members over its missiles program.

"The concerns posed in the latest meeting of the NATO is the repetition of the baseless allegations and is rejected," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said.

He was referring to a NATO statement released on July 9 that expressed "serious concern over the development of Iran's ballistic missile program and continuing missile tests."

"As it has been announced repetitively, our country's missile capabilities are within the framework of legitimate defense program of the Islamic republic and have not been developed to carry nuclear warheads," Qasemi said.

Iran's missile program has nothing to do with the country's nuclear deal with major powers and does not violate any United Nations resolution, he added. Endit