Pompeo Says Iran Tested Ballistic Missile in Defiance of UN
- Missile capable of reaching parts of Europe, U.S. concludes
- Trump ramping up pressure on Iran after exiting nuclear deal
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo accused Iran of testing a ballistic missile capable of hitting parts of Europe, and issued a new warning about the risk posed by a regime that the Trump administration has called a top threat to global security.
“As we have been warning for some time, Iran’s missile testing and missile proliferation is growing,” Pompeo said in a statement on Saturday. “We are accumulating risk of escalation in the region if we fail to restore deterrence.”