Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday called US President Donald Trump’s plans to resume nuclear weapons tests “regressive and irresponsible”. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- Iran has criticized Trump’s plans to resume nuclear tests.
- Trump ordered the immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons tests.
- Russia has successfully tested the new Poseidon nuclear supertorpedo.
- Russia announced the test of the intercontinental nuclear missile Burevestnik.
- The US and Moscow have not conducted nuclear tests since 1992.
“Nuclear aggressor resumes nuclear weapons testing. Same aggressor demonizes Iran’s peaceful nuclear program,” wrote Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi in a post on social networks. “The (US) announcement to resume nuclear tests is a regressive and irresponsible step and poses a serious threat to international peace and security,” he added.
On Thursday, ahead of a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump ordered the US Department of Defense, to immediately resume nuclear weapons tests. He made the decision just a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia has successfully tested the new Poseidon supertorpedo, which is nuclear-powered and capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday in response to Trump’s actions that The United States will test its nuclear arsenal to see if it is functioning properly.
A few days earlier, according to Moscow, Russian forces conducted a successful test of the Burevestnik intercontinental ballistic missile, which can also carry a nuclear warhead. This missile is unique and cannot be shot down by any air defense system, said the head of the Russian army Valery Gerasimov.
Trump called the announcement of the Burevestnik exam inappropriate and He called on Putin to end the war in Ukraine instead of testing missiles. The United States last tested a nuclear weapon in 1992, Moscow two years before that, during the Soviet Union’s existence.
