the country's Revolutionary Guard this week do not violate Tehran's nuclear deal

Iran's foreign ministry insisted on Thursday that the missile tests carried out by the country's
Revolutionary Guard this week do not violate Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers or a U.N. Security Council resolution.

In this photo obtained from the Iranian Fars News Agency, a Qadr H long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile is fired by Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, during a maneuver, in an undisclosed location in Iran, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" written on them, a show of deterrence power by the Islamic Republic as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

According to ministry spokesman, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the missiles were "conventional defensive instruments and they were merely for legitimate defense," the official IRNA news agency reported. Iran's Revolutionary Guard test-launched two ballistic missiles on Wednesday emblazoned with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" in Hebrew — a show of power by the Shiite nation, long an opponent of Israel.