<br/>In Iran, lawmakers have approved an increase to the country's military budget of five-percent of the GDP, up from the 2 percent it occupied in the 2015-2016 budget. <br/><br/>Spending will include the development of Tehran's long-range missile program, which US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to stop. The move could put Iran at serious odds with the incoming Trump administration, as well as heighten the cries of Western countries complaining that the Islamic Republic has violated a recent UN resolution.<br/><br/> The resolution specifically prohibits Iran from developing ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities, but Tehran claims that they are not working on such a weapon. Last year, Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary General did not assert that Iran's actions violated the UN resolution, but rather that it was, not consistent with the constructive spirit of the deal. <br/><br/>The spending will reportedly include developing cyber war capabilities, long-range missiles and armed drones. Only 10 of the country's lawmakers voted against.<br/><br/>