Citing a military source and local media, Agence France-Presse reported that the test resulted in an explosion that was felt about twenty kilometers from the Shahid Ahmadi-Rochan nuclear complex.
“One of the missile systems in the region has been tested to assess readiness on the ground, and there is nothing to fear,” the Natanz region’s air defense commander said in an interview with Iranian state television.
The test was carried out at a time when Iranian nuclear negotiations are underway in Vienna.
The so-called JCPOA (Joint Global Action Plan), concluded in 2015 between Iran and six powers (USA, Russia, China, France, Great Britain and Germany), as well as in the presence of the European Union, has been dying since 2018. after the administration of then US President Donald Trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the agreement and introduce a real economic blockade of Tehran through tough sanctions.
The 2015 deal offered Tehran to lift some of the sanctions in exchange for a sharp cut in its UN-controlled nuclear program.
In response to Trump’s decision, Iran has decided to backtrack on its commitments and is now demanding an end to sanctions as a first step towards returning to its 2015 commitments.
The current US President Joe Biden has acknowledged his willingness to return to the agreement if Iran reintroduces its nuclear restrictions.
