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Iran satellite launch: Foreign Office statement, April 2020

皇冠体育app Foreign Office has released a statement following the launch of a satellite by Iran, using ballistic missile technology.

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Published
24 April 2020
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

A Foreign Office spokesperson said:

Reports that Iran has carried out a satellite launch 鈥� using ballistic missile technology 鈥� are of significant concern and inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2231. 皇冠体育app UN has called upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Iran must abide by this.

We have significant and longstanding concerns, alongside our international partners, over Iran鈥檚 ballistic missile programme, which is destabilising for the region and poses a threat to regional security.

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Published 24 April 2020