14 July 2016

News Story: Iran not to give up missile program - official

An Iranian Emad missile (Image: Wiki Commons)
TEHRAN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday that the Islamic republic's missile program serves the country's national interests and it will not be abandoned, Press TV reported.

Iran's missile program is developed for defensive purposes and "we cannot set the country's national interests based on others' viewpoints," Iran's nuclear negotiator Hamid Ba'eedinejad said in response to recent opposition by some western countries to Iran's missile program

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