Iran’s bargaining will be much tougher but a compromise also seems likely provided the US would seriously consider removing sanctions.
The missiles are "a strategic weapon of great significance" and flew 1,500 km before hitting their targets and falling into the country's territorial waters, state media said.
Iran agrees to allow international inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive nuclear sites and to continue filming there, averting a diplomatic showdown this week.
Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will fly to Iranian capital this weekend ahead of a key meeting of the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors next week, as negotiations to revive Iran's nuclear deal stall.
Biggest weapons on display were small artillery pieces dragged by tractors and instead of giant missiles – whether real or models – North Korea paraded a fire brigade unit as it celebrated 73rd founding anniversary of the country.
In its latest quarterly report, the IAEA found Iran continues to breach key limits set by the 2015 nuclear deal as diplomatic efforts to revive it remain stalled.
The move takes Iran closer to the 90 percent purity level needed for use in a nuclear weapon as Vienna talks to save the 2015 nuclear deal at a standstill.
UN nuclear watchdog says it had received no reply from Tehran over the possible extension of a temporary agreement, covering inspections at Iranian nuclear facilities, which expired on Thursday as nuclear talks crisis looms.
The IAEA says the results of its inspection work have established "a clear indication that nuclear material and/or equipment contaminated by nuclear material has been present" at three undeclared locations.
Decision follows IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi meeting with Iranian civilian nuclear programme chief Ali Akbar Salehi, as negotiations continue in Vienna to see if Washington and Tehran can re-enter the 2015 deal.
Since January, Iran has begun enriching uranium at up to 20 percent purity, a technical step away from weapons-grade levels.
Tehran’s move is the latest of many taken to raise pressure on US President Joe Biden as the two sides remain locked in a stand-off over who should move first to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the Trump administration.
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