Iran Plans to Launch Satellite by May 2005
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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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South Korea plans to place a satellite into orbit next year from its own space center &#151; the first time the country launches a rocket into space from its territory, an official said Friday.
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Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was quoted as saying Iran has the capability of launching such a missile and remains determined to further improve its military capabilities.
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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani announced in Tehran on Tuesday that Iran has now missiles with a range of 2,000 kilometers, saying there are &#39;next stages&#39; to the capability, IRNA 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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The head of the UN's atomic agency says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years.
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VIENNA, Sept 12  - Iran could join the small club of nuclear-armed nations by 2007, or sooner if it is secretly developing weapons despite denials, analysts say.
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THE US says it believes Iran has been working on developing a nuclear missile by combining rocket technology with secret plans for an atomic bomb.
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Iran added a ``strategic missile&#39;&#39; 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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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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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'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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Such a missile would be capable of hitting Israel or parts of southeastern Europe. Iran says its missiles are for purely defensive purposes.
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Iran has developed a missile with a  range of 1,250 miles and is determined to make its armed forces  stronger still, a senior official was quoted as saying on  Tuesday.
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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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France said on Thursday an Iranian rocket  Tehran says is intended to put a satellite into orbit is in  fact a missile that cannot navigate in space, and added to  concerns that the technology is aimed at making weapons.
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Iran is working on long-range missiles capable of hitting European capitals, as well as nuclear and chemical warheads, an exile group said on Thursday.