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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/un-asked-to-take-action-against-iran-for-recent-missile-test/2015/10/21/9ef966e8-7868-11e5-a5e2-40d6b2ad18dd_story.html

UN Asked to Take Action Against Iran for Recent Missile Test

(AP-Washington Post) Edith M. Lederer - The U.S., France, Britain and Germany asked the UN Security Council on Wednesday to investigate and take "appropriate action" against Iran for conducting a ballistic missile test earlier this month which, they say, violated UN sanctions. A report to the council committee monitoring sanctions against Iran said the medium-range missile launched by Iran on Oct. 10 "is inherently capable of delivering a nuclear weapon." The missile firing is "a serious violation" of a Security Council resolution adopted on June 9, 2010, that bans Iran from undertaking "any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology."

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