Tehran: Iran’s President on Sunday said his country would continue building weapons, including developing missiles as the US prepares new sanctions over its ballistic missile programme. “To defend our nation and territorial integrity, we will build all the weapons we will need,” Hassan Rouhani told the Parliament in statements broadcast on state television.
Recent Iranian missile launches have triggered US sanctions and accusations they violate the spirit of a 2015 nuclear deal. “We have built missiles, we are building some and will continue to do so because it does not violate any international regulations,” he said. Signed by Iran, Germany, Britain, China, France, Russia and the US, the landmark accord saw economic sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for Tehran curbing its nuclear activities.
