TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a draft report prepared by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, about the observation of the UN 2231 resolution is “biased” and “unbalanced”.

The UN resolution, approved on July 20, 2105, endorsed the nuclear deal between Iran and great powers and cancelled all the Security Council resolutions against Iran.

“The report has been prepared under the U.S. pressure and its charges against Iran are unfounded,” ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi pointed out.

The comments came as Reuters quoted Ban as saying in a copy of the report that Iran’s ballistic missile launches “are not consistent with the constructive spirit” of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

Ghassemi said that the report is contrary to spirit of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and even the 2231 resolution.

He regretted that the report has avoided demanding the 5+1 group to abide by their commitments to the nuclear deal.

The international community expects the UN secretary general to report about the failure of the U.S. and some other 5+1 group states in meeting their obligations, he added.

He also said that Iran’s ballistic missiles are not designed to carry nuclear warheads and no one is authorized to comment on Tehran’s defense system.

Ghassemi said the JCPOA was a product of “lengthy collective effort” to resolve a “fabricated and unwanted crisis”.

All signatories to the JCPOA should meet their obligations and the UN should take supportive actions in order to make it permanent, he added.

Elsewhere, he said that Iran has been fulfilling its commitments based on the deal but will take counter action if the other side violates it.

Iran and the 5+1 group - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany - finalized the text of the JCPOA in Vienna in July 2015. The agreement took effect in January 2016.

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