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The EU on Tuesday warned Iran against stoking mistrust by continuing ballistic missile tests, after Tehran told the new US administration not to use the issue as a pretext to create fresh tensions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe EU reiterates its concern about Iran\u2019s missile program and calls upon Iran to refrain from activities which deepen mistrust, such as ballistic missile tests,\u201d said Nabila Massrali, an EU foreign affairs spokeswoman.<\/p>\n
The UN Security Council is due to hold emergency talks at Washington\u2019s request later Tuesday on Iran\u2019s recent test-firing of a medium-range missile \u2014 which Tehran has not confirmed.<\/p>\n
The European Union helped broker a landmark accord between the West and Iran under which Tehran agreed to rein in its nuclear program in return for the lifting of western economic sanctions.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the nuclear accord, threatening to reverse it or find other ways of sanctioning Iran.<\/p>\n
Separate UN, US and EU sanctions imposed against Iran over its ballistic missile program remain in force.<\/p>\n
The EU spokeswoman noted that since Iran\u2019s ballistic missile effort was not included in the nuclear accord, \u201cthe tests are not a violation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additionally, it was up to the Security Council to determine if the latest test was a violation of UN resolutions on Iran\u2019s missile program, she said.<\/p>\n
The missile test, which Fox News reported took place on Sunday, was unsuccessful; the Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile flew 600 miles and then exploded, it said, citing US officials.<\/p>\n
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