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France said on Sunday that Iran runs the risk of incurring new sanctions from Europe following its recent test of ballistic missiles earlier this week.French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said, according to AFP, that "if necessary, sanctions will be taken." His remarks came after a meeting with United States Secretary of State John Kerry.Kerry believes that these missile tests are in violation of a UN resolutions which ban Iran from working on missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads as part of the nuclear deal reached between the P5+1 powers and Tehran last July.The US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power called on the Secretary Council on Friday to discuss the tests on Monday saying Washington is "deeply concerned" about these tests which they see as "provocative and destabilizing."Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Saturday that the world powers "must take immediate punitive steps following the repeated gross transgressions by Iran in the matter of the rockets."The US also placed fresh sanctions on Iran in January for previous missile tests made after the nuclear agreement was implemented. Those sanctions were aimed solely at individuals and entities connected with Iran's missile program.Tehran has argued that its missile tests fall under the category of conventional defense and and deterrence and have said that none of its long-range missiles are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.