Iranian regime ballistic missile work complicates nuclear talks

A confidential U.N. report says that the Iranian regime is pursuing development of ballistic, posing an acute challenge to six powers negotiating with Tehran to rein in its nuclear program, Reuters reported.

The Iranian regime insists that missiles should not be part of the nuclear talks, but a senior U.S. official made clear this week that Tehran's ballistic capabilities must be addressed in the negotiations since U.N. Security Council resolutions on Iran "among many other things, do say that any missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon must be dealt with."

The new report by the U.N. Panel of Experts, seen by Reuters "makes clear that, apart from holding off on test-firing one type of rocket, Iran shows no sign of putting the brakes on the expansion of its missile program."

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