Iran on Monday welcomed the US move to abandon plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe and denied that the Islamic republic posed a missile threat, the Mehr news agency reported.
"The Islamic republic welcomes any action that serves to decrease arms races," it quoted foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi as saying.
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Russia scraps missile plan after US move / Associated Press
Official says Russia no longer needs 'counter-measures' taken against US due to Obama's quashing of Eastern European missile defense plan
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US President Barack Obama last week announced he would shelve plans to site parts of a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, and instead deploy more mobile equipment targeting Iran's short- and medium-range missiles
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