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Iran criticizes France over nuclear ballistic missile test

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it's “concerned" about France's testing of a new ballistic missile and that it is inconsistent with the country’s international commitments, state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the French navy's recent test firing of a new generation M51 intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying several nuclear warheads is incompatible with France’s commitments to nuclear disarmament.

He urged Paris to fully comply with its international obligations regarding nuclear disarmament.

Mousavi said the weapon is a threat to international peace and security and testing such weapons weakens the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

On Friday, the board of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency adopted a resolution calling for Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.

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