Iran Says It Launched Suborbital Rocket
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The test that appeared to move Iran closer toward its aim of putting its own satellites into space.
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Iran said it test fired on Wednesday a  more accurate version of its Shahab-3 missile, already believed  capable of hitting Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf.
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Iran's announcement that it launched a research rocket has called new attention to a space program that Tehran says is peaceful but which some fear aims to produce long-range ballistic missiles that could reach Europe or the United States.
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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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By NASSER KARIMI TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian rocket launched over the weekend that soared to the edge of space was intended for research, an Iranian space official said, in comments that appeared intended to show that the program is aimed at launching satellites, not missiles.
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TEHERAN - Iran added one more missile to its military arsenal and the defence minister said on Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.
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Iran is able to launch a missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles), the official IRNA news agency on Tuesday quoted influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying.
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Iran said yesterday it can mass produce the Shahab-3 missile, a weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching Israel and US forces in the Middle East.
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A fatal attack launched two days ago against the sprawling headquarters base of the American military in Iraq was carried out with a 240 mm rocket  -  a type of weapon provided to Shiite extremists by Iran
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Iran said on Wednesday it had conducted tests on a more accurate version of the Shihab-3 missile, which is capable of reaching Israel.
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Iranian Minister of Defense Ali Shamkhani said Wednesday Iran test-fired an advanced version of its surface-to-surface long-range Shihab III missile.
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Iran says it has successfully fired its first rocket into space, though no details its type or range are known.
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president, said the rocket had a range of 1,250 miles and added: &quot;Iran is determined to improve its military capabilities.
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Iran said Thursday it would launch its first satellite into space by May 2005, state television reported. Mohammad Fathi, head of Iran&#39;s Scientific and Industrial Research Center, said the
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A senior researcher at an Israeli air and space institute says Iran's successful test of a space rocket Sunday is a wake up call for Israeli leaders.
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Ad azionare il comando il presidente Mahmud Ahmadinejad in persona"Dobbiamo credere nelle nostre capacitÃ . Le conquiste della rivoluzione derivano da questo"                                          L'Iran lancia il primo razzo spaziale per poi mettere in orbita un satellite
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Iran's defence minister says a strategic missile has been successfully tested and delivered to the military.