Iran will not negotiate with US over missile program, says foreign minister

Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday the country’s missile program was not up for negotiation with the US.

 

The missile program and “defense capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are not negotiable”, said Mohammad Javad Zarif after meeting his Estonian counterpart, Marina Kaljurand.

 

He added that if Washington was serious about defensive issues in the Middle East, it should stop supplying arms to Saudi Arabia and Israel.

 

A Saudi-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes and battling the Iran-backed Shia rebels in Yemen since March 2015. Iran also supports anti-Israeli militant groups.

 

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