Iran targeted Star of David in ballistic missile test, Israel says

"Iran used a Star of David as a target for missile test last year, Israel said Wednesday, distributing satellite images of the site to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.

'This use of the Star of David as target practice is hateful and unacceptable,' Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon wrote in a complaint to the Council.

Grainy photos provided to UN members showed what Danon said was the Jewish and Israeli symbol as the target in a test of a ballistic missile carried out last year with the impact crater visible next to it.

'The missile launch is not only a direct violation of UNSCR 2231, but is also a clear evidence of Iran's continued intention to harm the State of Israel,' Danon said, adding that 'the targeting of a sacred symbol of Judaism is abhorrent.'...

After Iran test-fired a ballistic missile in January, the US-imposed sanctions on a number of entities involved in Iran's ballistic missile program, and US President Donald Trump warned the Islamic Republic it had been 'put on notice.'

Although Iran maintains that the testing of ballistic missiles is not banned by the 2015 nuclear deal designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, the US said that the sanctions were imposed for Iran's violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, which calls upon Iran 'not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology.'..."