Tehran: Iran has not stopped even after the death of its former President Ibrahim Raisi. Achieving a major success, Iran sent a satellite into space on Saturday from a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary force Revolutionary Guard. State media gave this information. Iran called this launch successful, which will be the second launch to put the satellite into orbit. However, the success of the launch has not been independently confirmed nor have Iranian officials provided any footage or other details in this regard.
Western countries fear that this may help Iran move forward on its ballistic missile program. Iran has made this launch amid rising tensions in West Asia over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. During the war, Iran carried out unprecedented direct missile and drone attacks on Israel. Meanwhile, Iran’s uranium enrichment is about to reach close to the enrichment level required to make weapons. Disarmament experts have expressed concern over Tehran’s program.
100 rockets were used
Iran has said that ‘Qaim-100’ rockets were used to launch the satellite and the Revolutionary Guard had used it during another successful launch in January. State media reported that the satellite named Chamran-1 weighs 60 kg. The US State Department and the US military were asked for a response about Iran’s launch, but no response was received. Earlier, the US had said that Iran’s satellite launch was a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution.
