Iranian missiles pose no threat to U.S. and Europe – Lavrov

an currently has no missiles capable of striking Europe and the U.S., Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

“It is evident that Iran currently poses no threat to the U.S. and European countries… At the moment, Iran has no missiles capable of striking Europe, let alone the U.S., and is unlikely to develop [such missiles] in the foreseeable future,” Lavrov said.

Romania and Bulgaria are in talks with the U.S. to host elements of U.S. missile defense system on its soil, which the U.S. says are designed as protection against “current and emerging ballistic missile threats from Iran.”

The planned deployment of U.S. interceptor missiles in the Black Sea region has triggered fierce criticism from Moscow.

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