United States Wary of Iranian Missile Statement

The United States has reacted cautiously to a recent Iranian statement that Tehran has no plans to develop the Shahab 4 long-range ballistic missile, Agence France-Press reported Friday (see GSN, Nov. 5).

“The comments are a reiteration of previous assertions that it [Iran] will not embark on the production of the Shahab 4 missile,” U.S. State Department Richard Boucher said. “It remains unclear what tangible effect this will have on Iranian missile development,” he said.

“We’ll just have to see whether it becomes a positive development or not, in terms of what the Iranians actually do,” Boucher added (Agence France-Presse/IranMania.com, Nov. 7).

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