{"id":25108,"date":"2018-12-11T11:24:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25108"},"modified":"2018-12-11T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:24:19","slug":"yemens-warring-parties-exchange-lists-of-prisoners-for-swap-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25108","title":{"rendered":"Yemen\u2019s warring parties exchange lists of prisoners for swap: Delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46\">\n<p>\nTEHRAN: Iran confirmed on Tuesday that it had carried out a recent test of a medium-range ballistic missile after Western powers sharply criticised a December 1 launch.<br \/>&#8220;We are continuing our missile tests and this recent one was a significant test,&#8221; the Fars news agency reported, citing Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh.<br \/>&#8220;The US reaction showed that it was a big thing for them and that it upset them,&#8221; the conservative news agency said, adding that Iran carried out between 40 and 50 missile tests a year.<br \/>Iran has pressed on with its ballistic missile programme after reining in much of its nuclear programme under a 2015 deal with major powers.<br \/>A UN Security Council resolution adopted after the agreement calls on Iran to refrain from testing missiles capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, but does not specifically bar Tehran from missile launches.<br \/>The UN Security Council convened at the request of Britain and France on December 4 to discuss the latest test which both governments described as &#8220;provocative&#8221; and &#8220;inconsistent&#8221; with Resolution 2231.<br \/>Britain said that the types of missiles fired had capabilities that &#8220;go way beyond legitimate defensive needs&#8221;.<br \/>Iran has developed several types of ballistic missiles with a range of up to 3,000 kilometres (1,875 miles) &#8212; sufficient to reach Israel and Western bases across the region.<br \/>In its report, Fars did not specify the date of the latest test or say which types of missile were fired.<br \/>Washington, which quit the nuclear deal in May, described the test as an outright &#8220;violation&#8221; of Resolution 2231 and called on the Security Council to condemn it.<br \/>But veto-wielding Moscow has defended Tehran&#8217;s right to carry out the missile tests, and the December 4 meeting ended with no joint statement or any plan for follow-up action.<br \/>The council is due to meet again on December 19 for a regular review of the resolution&#8217;s implementation.<br \/>Iran has received regular certifications of compliance with the provisions of the nuclear deal from the UN atomic watchdog.<br \/>Western criticism has focused instead on Tehran&#8217;s missile programme and its military interventions in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN: Iran confirmed on Tuesday that it had carried out a recent test of a medium-range ballistic missile after Western powers sharply criticised a December 1 launch.&#8221;We are continuing our missile tests and this recent one was a significant test,&#8221; the Fars news agency reported, citing Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh.&#8221;The US&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}