Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied on Tuesday a UN report that Tehran had exchanged missile technology with North Korea, a move which could be a violation of Security Council sanctions. Iran and North Korea are both under UN sanctions over their nuclear ambitions. Iran says its nuclear programme is aimed at peaceful purposes mainly to generate electricity.
The report, obtained by Reuters over the weekend, said North Korea appeared to have been exchanging ballistic missile technology and expertise with Iran in violation of Security Council sanctions. Iran has announced a string of achievements in its missile technology in the past years. “We have repeatedly rejected reports on the exchange of ballistic missile technology or parts with any country,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said at a news conference in Tehran.
“Our scientific and technological capabilities are high enough so that we do not need any other country to give us such technology.”