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Source: https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2019/01/288312.htm
U.S. Warns Iranian Regime on Space Launches
(U.S. State Department) Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said Thursday: "The Iranian regime's Ministry of Defense has publicly announced plans to launch three Space Launch Vehicles (SLV) in the coming months....Launching SLVs... incorporate[s] technology that is virtually identical to that used in ballistic missiles, including in intercontinental ballistic-missiles (ICBMs). An ICBM with a range of 10,000 km. could reach the United States." "The Iranian regime is the world's foremost state sponsor of terror and has proliferated missiles and related technology to its proxies around the Middle East, further flouting UNSCR 2231. The United States will not stand by and watch the Iranian regime's destructive policies place international stability and security at risk." "We advise the regime to reconsider these provocative launches and cease all activities related to ballistic missiles in order to avoid deeper economic and diplomatic isolation."