Iran Reports Successful Launch of Missile as U.S. Considers New Sanctions<br />By THOMAS ERDBRINKJULY 27, 2017<br />TEHRAN — Iran successfully launched a missile into space on Thursday, state media reported, two days after the United States House of Representatives approved a bill<br />that would impose additional sanctions against the country, and Russia and North Korea.<br />But the other parties to the agreement — Britain, China, France, Germany<br />and Russia — do not share Mr. Trump’s objections, and a withdrawal by the Trump administration would leave the United States isolated on the issue.<br />The International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations has repeatedly found Iran to be in compliance<br />with the agreement, despite Mr. Trump’s assertions that it is not adhering to "the spirit" of the deal.<br />Such tests of what are essentially carrier rockets are not prohibited under the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran<br />and a group of six world powers including the United States.<br />Last week, the Trump administration announced new Iran-related sanctions it said were meant to show its toughened<br />stance toward the country despite having grudgingly affirmed its compliance with the nuclear deal.<br />President Trump has called the 2015 agreement a "very bad deal" for the United States and a disastrous giveaway to Iran.<br />Nader Karimi Joni, a journalist close to the government of President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, said<br />the launch on Thursday was a reaction to the House vote on Tuesday approving the new sanctions.
