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Kerry calls Zarif to protest Iran missile tests
Iran and the United States have no formal diplomatic ties, but US Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif built a close working relationship during negotiations for last year's nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers. – Reuters file pic, March 10, 2016. US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Iranian opposite number yesterday to protest Tehran's latest round of ballistic missile tests, a fresh bone of contention between the two sides.
Iran and the United States have no formal diplomatic ties, but Kerry and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif built a close working relationship during negotiations for last year's nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers.
The United States argues that a series of apparent missile tests breach the terms of a UN Security Council resolution and will result in new economic sanctions – either from Washington or the world body.
"If they are confirmed, if they're true, as I said yesterday, we'll take up the appropriate action inside the UN," State Department spokesman John Kirby warned.
"But I don't want to convey the impression that we are only looking at multilateral or UN possibilities in terms of measures to deal with it." – AFP, March 10, 2016.
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