7 SHARES Share TweetTehran (AFP), Dec 31 – Iran on Thursday said it has carried out a new space launch, sparking concern in Washington which said such moves show the need to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s state broadcaster aired footage of a rocket rising from a desert launchpad, but gave no details of its location. According to the Pentagon and satellite imagery of the Semnan centre, an Iranian satellite launch failed in mid-June, reports denied by Tehran. Iran’s declared new space launch comes with talks underway in Vienna between the Islamic republic and world powers to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement. “Iran’s nuclear programme was effectively constrained by the JCPOA,” the spokesperson said, referring to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Source: Daily Nation December 31, 2021 17:54 UTC