Iran says it has successfully test-launched ballistic missile

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% :Iran was continuing to seek missile technology from foreign suppliers and conducting tests in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution, Miller told reporters at a regular press briefing, adding that Washington would continue to use tools including sanctions to counter those efforts.
51% :Iran, which has one of the biggest missile programmes in the Middle East, says its weapons are capable of reaching the bases of arch-foes, Israel and the United States, in the region.
51% :READ: Iran unveils new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres
43% : Iran says its ballistic missiles are an important deterrent and retaliatory force against the United States, Israel and other potential regional adversaries.
37% : Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons.
35% : On Tuesday, the top Israeli General mooted possible military action against Iran as efforts by six world powers to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal have stalled since last September, amid growing Western fears about Tehran's accelerating nuclear advances.
34% : Israel, which the Islamic Republic does not recognise, sees Iran as an existential threat.
33% : Republic of Iran Navy naval drill "Force-99" at Sea of Oman as a missile fired from land on January 14, 2021 [IRANIAN ARMY - Anadolu Agency]Iran successfully test-launched a ballistic missile with a potential 2,000-km range on Thursday, state media said, two days after the chief of Israel's Armed Forces raised the prospect of "action" against Tehran over its nuclear programme, Reuters reports.
25% : The deal, which Washington ditched in 2018 under then President Donald Trump, had imposed curbs on Iran's nuclear activities that extended the time Tehran would need to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb, if it chose to do so.

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