The reaction of three European countries to the launch of the “Sorya” satellite.

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, three European countries in a statement condemned Iran’s action last week in launching the “Soriya” satellite with the “Qaim 100” satellite into a 750 km orbit.

Soraya satellite, which is a telecommunication satellite and a series of SRI research satellites built by the Iran Space Research Institute, was launched last week.

The European troika claimed in this joint statement: “We condemn this launch because this satellite carrier uses essential technologies to build a long-range ballistic missile system.”

In this statement, the European troika, like their statement two months ago, in response to Iran’s unveiling of the Fatah 2 hypersonic missile, used a tone that implied their acknowledgment of the end of international restrictions on the missile program of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Is.

The European Troika, in their previous statements issued against Iran’s missile program before 26 Mehrmah (October 18), usually claimed that Iran’s missile activities were inconsistent with Security Council Resolution 2231.

Despite this, England, Germany and France have criticized “Iran’s disregard for UN restrictions for several years” in a new statement and in a statement on the 9th of December.

The statement of the European Troika states: “Iran continues to develop its missile program despite repeated international requests to stop its missile program and after years of ignoring UN restrictions.”

Restrictions of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 on Iran’s ballistic missile program ended on October 26 of this year (corresponding to October 18, 2023).

According to the provisions of Security Council Resolution 2231, which was approved in 2015 to approve the JCPOA, the United Nations restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, as well as oil, financial and people related to Iran’s nuclear program sanctions. It should be removed the year after the approval of JCPOA in Mehr 1402 (October 2023).

However, European countries had announced before this deadline that they would maintain their national sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile program. These countries had claimed that due to “Iran’s non-compliance with the terms of the JCPOA”, they do not see the need to lift these restrictions against Iran on October 18.

Another part of the statement of the three European countries states: “Launching [such satellites] will allow Iran to test technologies that may be used to further develop its ballistic missile program.” be placed This program is a major threat to international peace and security.

The three European countries have stated in the final part of this statement that they are committed to taking all diplomatic steps to “prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons”.

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