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West must not ignore Iran’s ballistic missiles: Ex-Israeli UN envoy
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LONDON, 28 March 2022, (TON): Western countries should not overlook Iran’s growing missile capabilities, a former Israeli representative to the UN has warned.
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Dore Gold said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, has failed to prevent the country from building a stockpile of ballistic missiles.
He added “as a result, Iran’s missile capacity has grown “both in number and quality, including the range and accuracy of its missile force.”
Gold drew a comparison with the UN’s treatment of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, where resolutions required that ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 km be removed or destroyed under international supervision.
He said “that condition has not been applied to Iran, meaning that it “is already altering the balance of power in the region.”
Gold added “this was demonstrated in the 2020 attack on the US-controlled Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq and the activities of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia.”
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