Iran will unveil a new fighter jet next week and continue developing missile capabilities as a top priority, the defense minister said on Saturday (August 18), defying new US sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran’s missile program and regional influence, according to Reuters.
Iran’s navy also announced on Saturday that it has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, as tensions seem to mount with the US military in the Gulf.
US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States in May from a 2015 accord between Iran and world powers that curbed Tehran’s nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.
Trump said the deal was deeply flawed as it had not curbed Iran’s ballistic missile program or reined in its support for proxies in conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
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