Monday, July 23, 2012

'Sanctions slow down Iran missile program'

Iran's development of its most advanced ballistic missile, the Sejjil-2, has been stalled by international sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic to curb its nuclear program, a leading think tank says.
Indeed, London's International Institute for Strategic Studies warned in a July analysis of Iran's missile program that the ever-tightening sanctions first introduced in mid-2010 "could yet deal a knockout blow to the country's development of long-range ballistic missiles."
The IISS cited "mounting evidence" that if sanctions continue "Iranian attempts to develop and field long-range ballistic missiles could be significantly impeded, if not halted altogether."

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