This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, claims to show the launching of an Emad long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile in an undisclosed location. Iran successfully test fired a new guided long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile, state TV reported on Sunday. It was the first such a test since Iran and world powers reach a historical nuclear deal. Iran鈥檚 Defense Minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan, told the channel that the liquid-fuel missile 鈥渨ill obviously boost the strategic deterrence capability of our armed forces.鈥� AP
UNITED NATIONS鈥擳he United States, France, Britain and Germany are asking the U.N. Security Council to investigate and take 鈥渁ppropriate action鈥� against Iran for conducting a ballistic missile test earlier this month, which they say violated U.N. sanctions.
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A report to the council committee monitoring sanctions against Iran from the four countries, which was raised at a council meeting late Wednesday, says the medium-range missile fired by Iran on Oct. 10 鈥渋s inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon.鈥�
It says this violates a June 9, 2010 council resolution that bans Iran from undertaking 鈥渁ny activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology.鈥�
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The launch was Iran鈥檚 first missile test since the historic nuclear deal reached July 14 between Iran and world powers.