“About 80 percent of the actual construction of the new space center has been completed,” Vahidi said, adding that the new facility will send “satellites from Iran, the regional countries and the world of Islam into orbit in the near future.”
Iran says it wants to put its own satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters and improve its telecommunications. Iranian officials also point to the US’ use of satellites to monitor conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and say they need similar capabilities for their security.
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