How did Iran react to President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, which effectively banned Iranian nationals from traveling to the United States?
They tore up their nuclear deal with former President Barack Obama — and spit right in the face of anyone who thought they’d stick to it.
According to Fox News, a U.S. official confirmed that Iran conducted a missile test Sunday in clear violation of the U.N. resolution signed under Obama.
“The launch occurred at a well-known test site outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of Tehran, on Sunday,” Fox News reported. “The Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile flew 600 miles before exploding, in a failed test of a reentry vehicle, officials said. Iran defense minister Brigadier Gen. Hossein Dehqan said in September that Iran would start production of the missile.”
The timing of the test is notable to observers. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been escalating since Trump’s election in November, and comes just one day before Jordan’s King Abdullah was set to arrive in Washington, D.C. to meet with Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis.
— The Horn editorial team