US sanctions sanctions on Iran's space program

The Iranian space program worries the United States. The sanctions applied by the North American country bear witness to this.For US representatives, the explosion that occurred a few days ago in the province of Semnan " underlines the urgency of the threat ".

A " blanket According to the United States

On August 29, Iran attempts to launch a device. It explodes following a " technical error "according to the Iranian officials, nevertheless drawing international attention to this essay. According to the program, the model tested was a space launcher. But for the United States, and especially for the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, It's about a " cover for the development of a program of ballistic missiles ".As a result, still according to the USA, sanctions must be imposed on the Iranian Space Agency as well as two of its research centers. American citizens have alreadyprohibition to interact with this space program. According to Mike Pompeo again, the Iranian tests' must serve aswarning to the scientific community, whose collaboration with the space program could help give Tehran a nuclear missile launch system ".

First blacklisted

Mike Pompeo continues on Twitter, insisting on the unprecedented nature of sanctions: " For the first time, the United States sanctions the Iranian Civil Space Agency, which is developing the same launch technology as that used for ballistic missiles. We call on our allies to join us in deterring the first sponsor of terrorism in the world to develop its ballistic missile program ".

Yet these American sanctions against Iran are not the first. The withdrawal of the United States Common global action plan restored theembargo on petroleum products. An Iranian tanker was seized and immobilized by the United States, who accused the ship of transporting oil to Syria.

A resolution of UN Security Council must also prevent Iran from developing ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

On the Iranian side, the representatives insist: according to them, the program is intended for launching satellites, which the country has managed to achieve twice since 2013. The explosion during the August 29th test is the third failure involving a launcher encountered by the Iranian Space Center, causing it to suspect a sabotage of his space program. President Donald Trump responded on Twitter, posting a high-resolution image and pointing to the damage caused by the blast, saying " the United States is not involved in this catastrophic accident ".

The tension is growing stronger between these two countries, which abandoned in 2018 a treaty of 1955 providing for " friendly relations ".

Source: SpaceWar