Iran's missile programme

Iran's  missile  programme to continue

Iran  has vowed to press ahead with its missile  programme, denouncing new US  sanctions as "an effort to weaken the nuclear deal".

Iranian state TV  reported on Saturday that the country's parliamentary committee on national security  and foreign policy held an urgent meeting  to review its response to a package of sanctions approved by the US Senate.

"It is imperative that we show an appropriate reaction in light  of such hostile and vicious actions  taken by the United States ," Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy minister and senior Iranian negotiator, told reporters.