Iran Focus

London, 30 Mar – Major world powers have described Iran’s recent testing of nuclear-capable missiles as “destabilising and provocative”.

On March 9 the Iranian government tested two missiles capable of delivering a nuclear payload. On Tuesday the Associated Press obtained a joint letter of protest from the US, France, Britain and Germany.

Washington, 29 Mar – By launching nuclear-capable missiles Iran has defied a United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed last year’s historic nuclear deal, the United States and its European allies said in a joint letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Iran’s recent ballistic tests involved missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons and were “inconsistent with” and “in defiance of” council resolution 2231, adopted last July, said the joint US, British, French, German letter to Spain’s UN Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi and UN chief Ban Ki-moon, Reuters reported.

Iran Focus

London, 29 Mar – Britain’s Prince Charles is being urged to cancel a planned visit to Iran later this year.

The Sunday Times reported that Prince Charles is considering a visit to Iran this autumn, marking the first official royal visit to that country in more than 40 years.

Struan Stevenson, a former Member of the European Parliament representing Scotland, said in a statement on Tuesday that he was deeply concerned by the reports of the planned visit.

Washington, 29 Mar – Leading foreign policy voices in the United States Congress say they are preparing to fight against an Obama administration effort to provide Iran unprecedented access to US financial resources as part of an expanded package meant to address new demands from the Islamic Republic’s for greater economic concessions, according to several conversations between the Washington Free Beacon and top lawmakers.