Iran test launches new satellite-carrying rocket

Tehran refutes US concerns that the same long-range ballistic technology could also be used to launch nuclear warheads.

This image taken from video footage aired by Iranian state television shows the launch of a satellite carrier rocket by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from an undisclosed desert location [Iranian state television via AP Photo]

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Published On 5 Nov 20225 Nov 2022

Iran has announced the successful test flight of a rocket capable of propelling satellites into space, three months after launching a satellite with the help of Russia.

The United States has repeatedly voiced concern that such launches could boost Iran’s ballistic missile technology, extending to the potential delivery of nuclear warheads.

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But Iran has insisted it is not seeking nuclear weapons and that its satellite and rocket launches are for civil or defensive purposes only.

State television reported the “successful suborbital launch of the satellite launcher named Ghaem-100”.

“The flight test of this launcher using the Rafe solid-fuel vehicle has been successfully completed,” it reported on Saturday.