GOP-led panel passes bill for oversight of Iran nuclear deal

Iranian officials say none of the country’s missiles, including ballistic ones, have been “designed to carry nuclear warheads”, and thus their production and test are not in contravention of Resolution 2231.

During the congressional review of the Iran nuclear deal, President Obama promised Democratic lawmakers he would respond forcefully to Iranian malfeasance and would swiftly impose sanctions for non-nuclear issues outside of the JCPOA-including ballistic missile activity.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday implementation of the Iran nuclear deal may be only “days away”, with Tehran on track to meet its pledge to put a bomb beyond its reach.

Even as Barack’s Obama’s American government is trying to dismantle almost all sanctions on Iran under a breakthrough nuclear agreement, the country unveiled yet another missile depot.

Passage of the bill comes as the United States is poised to begin lifting sanctions against Iran, possibly as early as this month, as Tehran fulfills its obligations under the July 14 agreement.

Following the test-fire, several Western sources claimed that Tehran violated the UN Security Council’s resolution 1929 by test-firing the Emad missile, which is believed to be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

The White House would be prohibited from taking them off the SDN list unless it assures Congress they have not “facilitated a significant transaction” for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, a foreign terrorist organization, or anyone sanctioned in connection with Iran’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, according to the legislation.

Elsewhere in the letter, President Rouhani warned that if the United States repeats such “wrong and interventionist” moves, the Iranian Defense Ministry must develop a “new plan” for expanding the country’s missile capabilities. However, there’s a time period allowed by the nuclear agreement, which might be used by Iran to build nuclear weapons.

“We condemn Iran’s blatant violation of global law, and urge the Administration to act immediately with punitive measures”. On America’s insistence that Iran shouldn’t have conducted the missile test, the United Nations had begun an investigation, which concluded that a violation did take place. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter, and we look forward to your response.