France concerned by ‘provocative, destabilizing’ Iranian ballistic missile test
France has said it is concerned by the Iranian ballistic missile test conducted last Saturday and called it provocative and destabilizing.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday condemned what he described as Iran’s testing of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads as a violation of the 2015 international agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
“Iran’s missile program is defensive in nature... There is no Security Council resolution prohibiting the missile program and missile tests by Iran,” IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi as saying in response to Pompeo’s remarks.
