Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and will not seek permission from any country to do so, President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday in an undisguised snub to demands by U.S. President Donald Trump. An Iranian medium-range missile passes by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a military parade. We will strengthen our missile capabilities.... We will not seek permission from anyone to defend our country. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that the agreement must be changed or the United States could not stick with it. Trump put Iran "on notice" in February for test-firing a ballistic missile and imposed new economic sanctions in July over its missile program and "malign activities" in the Middle East.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2017 08:09 UTC