Iran Successfully Launches Satellite-Carrying Rocket

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a meeting with foreign ambassadors and heads of representative offices in Iran on the 35th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Iran's pr... Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a meeting with foreign ambassadors and heads of representative offices in Iran on the 35th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Iran's president says the country will keep its doors open to the UN nuclear watchdog, signaling Iran is willing to further work with the international community to ease concerns about its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) MORE LESS
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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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