Tehran: Israel confirmed a rocket test of its own following which, Tehran immediately issued a statement, labeling Israel as testing a ‘nuke-missile, aimed at Iran.’
While the US and the other Western nations often complain about Iran violating the ban on advancing nuclear-capable missiles, Iran’s lack of nuclear weapons makes this surely theoretical. The US, in particular, has argued that even launching telecommunications satellites into orbit violates the ban because the know-how could conceivably be transferred.
Israel, on the other hand, is known to have a nuclear weapons program, and while it’s not clear that the test in question was directly part of that program, Iran does have a point when it notes that Western nations never complain about Israel’s arsenal and constantly rips on Iran for its civilian nuclear program.
Iran accuses Israel of testing nuclear missile aimed at Tehran
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