Donald Trump tweets Tehran “on notice” for missile test

U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up Washington’s anti-Iran rhetoric, saying the White House has formally put Tehran on notice over its recent ballistic missile test. Trump wrote on his twitter account that Iran should have been thankful for what he called the terrible deal the U.S. made with it. That's a reference to the 2015 nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P-five-plus-one group of countries. In another tweet, Trump called the deal a life-line Washington granted to Iran. Trump's threats came after U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn criticized Iran over its missile test. He said the White House is officially putting Iran on notice. Iran maintains that the missile launch fits into its conventional defense doctrine. A spokesman for the EU foreign policy chief has also confirmed that Iran's ballistic missile program is defensive in nature and does not violate the nuclear deal.

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