An American researcher revealed: Iran conducted a possibly unsuccessful launch of a satellite-carrying missile
A senior researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, D.C., says that Iran has once again conducted a "probably unsuccessful" launch of a satellite-carrying missile.
Dave Schmerler wrote in a message on Twitter on Tuesday, March 1, sharing a satellite image that Iran's attempt to launch another missile into space has most likely failed.
According to him, the visible black spots on the platform in this image indicate an explosion, and since the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran have not commented on this launch, which took place on March 28 from the Imam Khomeini Space Center, it can be said that it was unsuccessful.
Despite the fact that the published image shows the date February 27, 2022 (Esfand 8, 1400), Ali Akbar Raefipour, one of the Islamic Republic's propaganda figures, claimed in a tweet that "these images are not new and belong to the past," and wrote: "We need to see what the Americans' goal is in publishing this old image, especially in the midst of the war in Ukraine."
The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly attempted to launch the "Simorgh" satellite carrier into space and place it in orbit for what it calls "intended research purposes," but has not yet succeeded.
Previously, the launch of a satellite-carrying missile into space by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been met with a reaction from the United States and the United Nations Security Council.
A US State Department spokesperson, in response to a question from the Voice of America Persian service regarding Iran's launch of a satellite-carrying missile, called the issue "a significant concern regarding nuclear proliferation" and considered it "a violation of Security Council resolutions."
Source: Voice of America
