US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging the United Nations to tighten restrictions on Iran’s missiles, saying the Islamic republic has hundreds of projectiles that could strike US allies.
Pompeo is in New York for a Security Council meeting on Iran, which recently confirmed a medium-range ballistic test, arguing it is legal and necessary for its defense.
“We risk the security of our people if Iran continues stocking up on ballistic missiles,” Pompeo tells the Security Council.
“We risk escalation of conflict in the region if we fail to restore deterrence. And we convey to all other malign actors that they too can defy the Security Council with impunity if we do nothing,” he says.
Iran has “hundreds of missiles which pose a threat to our partners in the region,” Pompeo says, referring to Israel and Arab allies such as Saudi Arabia.
— AFP
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