Iran missile test must not go unanswered

Israel's prime minister has accused Iran of carrying 
out a missile test in "flagrant violation" of a UN security 
council resolution.

Benjamin Netanyahu said he would discuss
 renewing sanctions when he met US President Donald 
Trump in February.

Iran has carried out several such tests since a 2015 
nuclear deal which relaxed sanctions against the 
country, despite Western criticism.

The White House said it was studying the details of 
the incident.

"Iranian aggression must not go unanswered", 
Mr Netanyahu added.

US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
 the missile had broken up before the test was completed.

It is not yet clear what type of missile was launched,
 or if it explicitly violated the UN resolution.

The resolution calls on Iran not to undertake any 
activity related to "ballistic missiles designed to be 
capable of delivering nuclear weapons".

Iran says it does not have any nuclear weapons.

But US Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the foreign
 relations committee, said: "No longer will Iran be given
 a pass for its repeated ballistic missile violations."

Mr Trump has previously called the Iran nuclear deal 
"a disaster" and suggested his administration will
 abandon it.

But that has drawn criticism from senior figures,
 including the former director of the Central
 Intelligence Agency,  John Brennan.

Mr Brennan, who stepped down when President Trump
 took office, said late last year that tearing up the 
agreement "would be the height of folly" and "disastrous".

But Mike Pompeo, who has succeeded Mr Brennan 
as director of the CIA , was a prominent critic of
 the contract.