Tehran: Iran on Thursday announced it launched a satellite carrier rocket carrying three devices into space, although it is not clear whether there are objects put around the earth.
State TV report, as well as the other by the Iranian semiofficial news agency, does not say when the launch is done or what device is carried by the operator.
However, the launch came amid difficult negotiations in Vienna on Iran’s tattered nuclear agreement.
The previous launch had been withdrawn from the United States.
The US State Department, space force and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to a comment request.
Ahmad Hosseini, spokesman for the defense ministry, identified rockets as Simorgh, or “ Phoenix, “Rocket.
He said the three devices were sent 470 kilometers (290 miles).
Hosseini was quoted by saying “ The performance of the space center and the performance of satellite carrier was done correctly.
“He described the launch as` `initial,` `suggest more on the road.
The Iranian TV recording aired from the white rocket was destroyed with words, ‘Simorgh Satellite Carrier “and the slogan` `we could’ shoot into the morning sky from Imam Khomeini Spaceport Iran.
A state TV reporter on the nearest desert site praised the launch as “ other achievements by Iranian scientists.
“However, the officials silent about whether the objects launched really reached the orbit.
The Iranian civil space program has experienced a series of setbacks in recent years, including a fatal fire and Launchpad rocket explosion that attracted the attention of former President Donald Trump.
The recent Media of Iran offers a list of planned satellite launches for the Islamic Republic of Islamic Space Program.
The Iranian paramilitarian guardian of the Iran runs its own parallel program that managed to put satellites into the orbit last year.
BLAST-OFF has raised worries in Washington about whether the technology used to launch satellites can advance the development of Iranian missiles.
The United States said that such satellites launched against the UN Security Council resolution which called on Iran to avoid all activities related to ballistic missiles that were able to provide nuclear weapons.
Iran, the old said it was not looking for nuclear weapons, maintaining satellite launches and rocket tests did not have military components.
Announced the launch as a nuclear negotiator met in Viennar parallel to the hard-line posture of Tehran under the President of Ebrahim Relisi, a newly elected conservative scholar.
The new demands of Iran in nuclear talks have annoyed western countries and increasing regional tensions when Tehran presses forward with the progress of atoms.
Diplomats have repeatedly raised the alarm that time was almost exhausted to return the agreement, which collapsed three years ago when America was unilaterally pulled under President Trump.
Iran has now left all the limitations based on the agreement, and has increased uranium enrichment of a shortage of 4% to 60% _ short steps, technical from the level of the weapons.
International Inspector faces challenges in monitoring Tehran’s progress.
Satellite images seen by the Associated Press suggest launch have occurred soon earlier this month.
These images show preparation in space in the plains of the province of Semnan Rural Iranian, around 240 kilometers (150 miles) southeast of Tehran.
Over the past decade, Iran has sent several short-lived satellites to orbit and in 2013 launching monkeys into space.
But under the Relision, the government seems to have sharpen the focus on space.
The Supreme Space of Iran has met for the first time in 11 years.