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Defense minister: Iran's missile program, agenda of national defense

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Hamedan, July 25, IRNA -- Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said on Monday that Iran's missile program is the agenda of national defense and the US or other states cannot take stand against Iranian defense rights.

The defense minister derided the Saudi government and Israel for mixing up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and UN resolution 2231 revoking the sanctions passed by the Security Council over the nuclear dispute with the national defense program.

It is surprising that the Saudi reactionary government and the Israeli occupying regime are employing settlement of the international dispute and the 12-year standoff over the nuclear program as an excuse for their propaganda campaign against Iran in the run-up to the US presidential election, he said.

Islamic Iran attaches importance to restoration of security and preserving the country's national interests, said the minister.

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