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France, Germany and UK Say Iran Has Nuclear-Capable Missiles
(AP-New York Times) Edith M. Lederer - France, Germany and the UK say "Iran's development of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles" goes against a UN Security Council resolution calling on Tehran not to undertake any activity related to such missiles. They asked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a letter circulated Wednesday to inform the council that Iran's ballistic missile activity is "inconsistent" with the council's endorsement of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The letter cites footage on social media of a previously unseen flight test of a new Shahab-3 missile that "is technically capable of delivering a nuclear weapon." The Europeans also noted a 2015 IAEA report that concluded "that extensive evidence indicated detailed Iranian research in 2002-2003 on arming the Shahab-3 with a nuclear warhead."