Report: US resumes program to sabotage Iran missiles

The US has resumed a secret operation to destroy Iran's missile program, the New York Times reports.

The paper cites officials in the current and previous administrations who say the program is part of "an expanding campaign by the United States to undercut Tehran’s military and isolate its economy."

The report states that while US officials say it is not possible to quantify the effectiveness of the sabotage program, Iran has suffered two failed rocket launches since the start of the year.

According to the White House, the Iranian space program is a smoke screen for efforts to build intercontinental ballistic missiles that are capable of delivering nuclear warheads.