A senior Iranian military official on Monday claimed that the Islamic Republic had again test fired long-range ballistic missiles, which some U.S. officials say is a violation of an international resolution governing last summer’s comprehensive nuclear agreement, according to regional reports.
Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi, the deputy chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, claimed Monday that the country has recently test-fired a new ballistic missile that has a range of 2,000 km, which could reach Israel and other U.S. allies.
The official did not disclose further details of the purported test, according to reports in Iran’s state-controlled media.
In a somewhat unusual move, another senior Iranian official denied the military official’s comments.
"We haven’t recently tested any missile with the range of 2,000 km and with an 8-meter-margin of error," Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan was quoted as saying after the initial reports.
A State Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reported test launch.