I think at this point we must expect "open warfare" as opposed to Proxy warfare against Iran now. IN the eyes of Sunnis this is the problem. The western world is now wiping out ISIS which is the only check and balance Sunnis presently have against Iran taking over the whole middle East because IRan is Shia not Sunni. So, expect open warfare between Iran and Europe and the U.S. through NATO pretty soon the way this is presently going.
Iran dismisses 'ranting' Trump
Iran dismisses Trump's 'ranting' and vows more missile tests
Story highlights
- Donald Trump says he won't rule out prospect of military action on Iran
- Iran slams Trump's travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries
(CNN)Iran vowed Thursday it would not bow to threats from the United States and would continue its missile activity.
A
senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader,
criticized the "extremism" of President Donald Trump, who has declared
Iran was "on notice" after it test-fired a ballistic missile Sunday.
Following
a meeting Thursday with Harley-Davidson executives in the White House,
Trump declined to rule out the prospect of military action against the
Islamic republic.
"Nothing's off the table," he said.
The
tensions between the two countries have been simmering since the
election of Trump, a harsh critic of the nuclear deal with lran that the
Obama administration brokered. Last week, Trump announced a temporary travel ban on nationals from Iran and six other Muslim-majority countries, barring them from entering the United States.
On Wednesday, US national security adviser Michael Flynn called Iran's test a "provocative" breach of a UN Security Council resolution.
Trump tweeted Thursday that "Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE" and should have been "thankful" for the "terrible deal."
Speaking to reporters
Thursday in Tehran, the Iranian adviser, Ali Akbar Velayati, dismissed
what he called the US leader's "baseless ranting" and said that even
Americans were not satisfied with "Trump's extremism," according to
Iran's semiofficial Fars News Agency.
Velayati
blasted Trump as lacking sufficient experience, saying he should take
lessons from his predecessor, Barack Obama. Those who threaten the
Muslim world should take a look at US failures in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Syria, he added.
He said that all test-fired missiles were defensive and that Iran did not need to seek permission to carry out such activities.
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The
Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs insisted Tuesday that this week's
test was not a violation of the Security Council resolution barring Iran
from testing "ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering
nuclear weapons."
Iran has tested
several ballistic missiles since the nuclear agreement was struck in
2015. In March, Iran test-fired two missiles with the words "Israel must be wiped off the Earth" written on them in Hebrew. The United States condemned that launch.
Nuclear deal in danger?
The
sudden escalations of US-Iranian tensions have raised concerns about
the future of the nuclear accord with Iran, which put stringent limits
on the country's nuclear program. It allowed sanctions to be eased and
business with Iran to recommence.
Trump
has been a longtime critic of the accord, which was brokered after two
years of talks with the five members of the Security Council and Germany
in 2015.
Flynn on Wednesday did
not say whether the United States would take action beyond a verbal
warning. Three senior administration officials, speaking on background,
said they were still in the early stages of determining what action the
United States should take in response.
"We are considering a whole range of options. We're in a deliberative process," one official said.
Nasser
Hadian, a professor of international relations at Tehran University,
told CNN it was unlikely the Trump administration would tear up the
agreement, but it was possible it would impose fresh sanctions on the
country.
Abandoning the accord "would serve hard-line interests in Iran," he said.
Trump's travel ban
Iran has vowed "reciprocal measures"
to Trump's immigration travel ban, and President Hassan Rouhani on
Thursday criticized the executive order as an example of Trump
"trampling on all international principles and commitments."
"The
basis for this incorrect act is based on incorrect and misplaced
discrimination," Rouhani said. "The time is long over for us to want to
use walls to distance peoples and nations."
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