http://www.debka.com -- The head of Iran’s aerospace program qualified Tehran’s earlier announcement that its first home-made communications was launched Sunday, Aug. 17. Reza Taghizadeh said: “The Safir satellite carrier was launched today and for the first time we successfully launched a dummy satellite into orbit.”Earlier, the Iranian news network IRNN showed footage of what it called a domestically-manufactured communications satellite named Safir-e Omid being launched.DEBKAfile's military sources stress that confirmation of Iran’s successful launch would represent a strategic breakthrough for Tehran’s long-range missile delivery capability, possibly armed with nuclear warheads (Politics)

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