"Tests of missiles and other means of the defense industry of the Islamic Republic of Iran are aimed at ensuring defense and deterrence, everything will continue as it is and we will continue to test and develop missiles … This issue is beyond the negotiations and relates to our national security, we will not ask any other country for permit," the spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi said, as quoted by the Tasnim news agency.
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