Iran test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday, state media reported, just a day after carrying out earlier missile tests that Washington suspected were in violation of a U.N. resolution.
The two Qadr H missiles were fired from northern Iran and could hit targets 1,400 kilometers away, Press TV reported.
The test firing was “in line with the country’s defense doctrine” and part of ongoing large-scale drills, the report said.
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said after Tuesday’s firings that there were “strong indications” that those tests were inconsistent with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231.
Later Tuesday, a senior official in U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration referred to a “medium-range missile” — rather than the long-range variety described in Iranian reports — and said that the U.N. Security Council “could take action to investigate the matter, engage Iran and condemn the launch.”