The UN chief says in a report to the Security Council that the United Nations is investigating Iran's possible transfer of ballistic missiles to Houthi Shiite rebels in Yemen that may have been used in launches aimed at Saudi Arabia on July 22 and November 4.
The report on implementation of a UN resolution that endorsed the July 2015 nuclear agreement was obtained by The Associated Press.
The US Mission to the United Nations said Ambassador Nikki Haley would hold a news conference today in Washington to highlight its findings as well as Iran's "destabilising activities in the Middle East region and elsewhere in the world."
He said President Donald Trump's October 13 decision not to certify the agreement under US law created "considerable uncertainty" about its future. But, he added, "I am reassured that the United States has expressed its commitment to stay in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for now."
Also Read
Trump, however, has left open the possibility of pulling out of the nuclear deal.
Guterres welcomed support for the treaty from its other parties -- China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany, the European Union and numerous other countries.
Trump has called the agreement a bad deal, and the US has focused especially on its time limits and a provision in the Security Council resolution that calls on Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
Guterres said the UN is studying debris from missiles fired at Yanbu in Saudi Arabia on July 22 and at the capital of Riyadh on November 4 and also is reviewing other information.
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content