Report: Iran successfully launches satellite-carrying rocket
Posted July 27, 2017 7:00 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian semi-official media are reporting that Iran has successfully launched a rocket carrying a satellite into space.
The website YJC.ir, which is affiliated with Iranian state television, as well as the semi-official Fars news agency, reported the launch on Thursday and said it was successful.
The launch comes as the United States has criticized Iran's ballistic missile tests.
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