Iran tests rocket, plans to launch satellite: TV
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Iran launched a rocket on Monday  designed to send its first homemade research satellite into  orbit in the next year, state television said, a move likely to  add to Western concerns about Tehran's nuclear plans.
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Iran said Tuesday it can mass produce a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching Israel and US forces in the Middle East.
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Israel's military launched a spy satellite early Monday, the Defense Ministry said, and a senior official suggested it could help keep track of developments in Iran.
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Iran has test-fired an improved version of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile, the county&#39;s defence minister has said. The weapon, which Iran says has an increased range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles), was tested in front of observers, Ali Shamkhani said.
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Iran launched a research rocket Monday and unveiled its first major space center, which will be used to launch research satellites, state-run television reported.
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Iran is ready to repeat a test of a new version of its Shahab-3 ballistic missile, a weapon Iran maintains it produced in response to Israeli efforts to improve its own missile power and test-fired successfully last month.
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25 September 2004 -- The Iranian defense minister announced today that the country has successfully test-fired a strategic, long-range missile and delivered the weapon to its armed forces.
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Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Tuesday that Iran was ready to test Shahab-3 missile again &quot;in the presence of observers&quot;, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iran on Sunday test-fired a surface-to-surface short-range missile a day after its army launched large-scale military exercises throughout the country, state-run television reported.
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The United Nations nuclear agency says Iran is planning to test a facility that could convert raw uranium into weapons-grade material.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards test-fired missiles on Thursday that a commander said could sink "big warships" in the Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean, the state broadcaster said.
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Iran fired a rocket from its newly inaugurated space center Monday, laying the groundwork for what it says will be the future launch of its first domestically produced satellite, the semi-official FARS news agency reported.
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Iran fired a research rocket into space Monday to mark the opening of its space center, a move that was immediately condemned by the United States.
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Iran added a &quot;strategic missile&quot; to its military arsenal after a successful test, and the defense minister said Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.
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An Iranian rocket launched over the weekend was of suborbital range and carried a research package, an Iranian space official said. Iran has not said what kind of research it was conducting with the rocket launch, but it billed it as a "space rocket," suggesting it was connected to what Tehran has said is a project to eventually launch satellites into orbit.
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U.S. troop movements are being monitored by Iran using satellites and other technology and would be in range of Iranian missiles if an attack was launched, a top Iranian military official said.
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Iran, the Middle East&#39;s second- largest oil producer, has successfully completed testing of a ``strategic missile,&#39;&#39; the country&#39;s official news agency reported, citing Iran&#39;s defense minister.