U.S. President Barack Obama in phone conversation with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said the U. S. Administration cancels its plans to build a missile-defense system in Czech Republic.

As NEWS.am informed earlier, The Wall Street Journal published an article today that reads: "U.S. bases the decision on that Iran's long-range missile program does not progress as rapidly as it has been estimated, “reducing the threat to the continental U.S. and major European capitals.”

It is expected that the findings will be completed by next week following a 60-day review ordered by U.S. President. “The Obama Administration's assessment concludes that U.S. allies in Europe, including members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, face a more immediate threat from Iran's short- and medium-range missiles and will order a shift towards the development of regional missile defenses for the Continent,” the article says.

“For several years, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has been pushing for breaking ground in Poland and the Czech Republic, arguing that construction must begin so the system would be in place to counter Tehran's emerging long-range-missile program, which intelligence assessments determined would produce an effective rocket by about 2015,” The Wall Street Journal reads.