AEI:
During the course of negotiations which culminated in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the corollary United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, Iran achieved a change in language with regard to its ballistic missile program. UN Security Council Resolution 1929 from 2010 declared that the Security Council “decides that Iran shall not undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons…” whereas 2231 declared, “Iran is called upon not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons….” Iranian leaders say that the more recent wording does not technically ban ballistic missile work and, regardless, they deny they design missiles to carry nuclear weapons, fiercely defending the acceleration of Iran’s ballistic missile program.
