iran satellite launch 2020

“It’s achieving both their objective of flexing muscle and implying they have the ability to go further if needed without giving the US the legal grounds to go to the UNSC,” said Ariane Tabatabai, Middle East fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, Peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa, Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support, Transparency and freedom of information releases. Wednesday also marks the 41st anniversary of the founding of the IRGC by Iran’s late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. “This action will be a great success and a new development in the field of space for Islamic Iran.”. The IRGC called it the first military satellite ever launched by Tehran. It said the satellite – dubbed the Nour – was deployed from the Qassed two-stage launcher from the Markazi desert, a vast expanse in Iran’s central plateau. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the satellite “Noor” (Light) was in a 425km (264 miles) high orbit, after a successful launch. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the satellite “Noor” (Light) was in a 425km (264 miles) high orbit, after a successful launch. Iran launches its 1st military satellite into orbit: reports. Wednesday’s launch comes amid tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal and after a US drone attack in Iraq killed IRGC General Qassem Soleimani in January. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Iran has claimed it has put its first military satellite into orbit, further raising tensions with the US at a time the two countries are already facing off in the Persian Gulf. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi, reporting from the capital Tehran, said it was the first time the IRGC took credit for the launch of a military satellite. The satellite “orbited the Earth at 425km [264 miles]”, said the website. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve government services. A fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February 2019 also killed three researchers, the authorities said at the time. So if you cross that line, we know what that line is, and we will respond.”, Available for everyone, funded by readers. By Mike Wall 22 April 2020. “Now that you have the [US] maximum pressure campaign, Iran doesn’t have that much to lose any more.”. Although there is technological overlap between space launches and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), Iran denies that the aim of its space programme is to pursue ICBM technology. The Foreign Office has released a statement following the launch of a satellite by Iran, using ballistic missile technology. That’s what he’s doing,” said Hyten. 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Iran has announced it successfully launched the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite after months of failures, a programme the United States alleges is a cover for missile development. Iran has resumed provoking actions.”, Trump went on Twitter on Wednesday to declare: “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.”. Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. Iran launched its first civilian satellite in 2009. You can change your cookie settings at any time. The Trump tweet does not appear to have marked a change of US posture in the Gulf by changing the circumstances in which the US would open fire. Arch-foes Iran and the US have appeared to be on the brink of an all-out confrontation twice in the past year. Long-standing acrimony between Tehran and Washington was exacerbated in 2018 when Trump unilaterally withdrew from a deal that froze Iran’s nuclear programme, and issued new demands that Tehran curtail its development of ballistic missiles. “I think every nation has an obligation to go to the United Nations and evaluate whether this missile launch was consistent with that security council resolution,” Pompeo told reporters. But General John Hyten, the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, welcomed Trump’s threat. Defence Minister Hatami calls the Hoveizeh missile the ‘long arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran’ in defending itself. All rights reserved. “I consider that this confirms that the Iranian satellite successfully reached orbit,” Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, commented on Twitter. The last one came in February when Iran failed to put its Zafar 1 communications satellite into orbit. In this photo released Wednesday, April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. It came on the day Donald Trump went on Twitter to announce he had ordered the US navy “to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea”, following an incident in which nearly a dozen small Iranian boats had steered within a few yards of US warships. If you want to go down that path, we will come and we will come large.”, Hyten warned the Iranian gunboats: “[If] you’re waving, that’s one thing. We have significant and longstanding concerns, alongside our international partners, over Iran’s ballistic missile programme, which is destabilising for the region and poses a threat to regional security. Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights. U.S. tracking data indicates the craft reached orbit. Iran maintains it has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, and says its aerospace activities are peaceful and comply with a United Nations Security Council resolution. Reports that Iran has carried out a satellite launch – using ballistic missile technology – are of significant concern and inconsistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2231. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. Iran launches first military satellite in latest show of force Published Wed, Apr 22 2020 3:06 PM EDT Updated Wed, Apr 22 2020 5:34 PM EDT Amanda Macias @amanda_m_macias “As a military satellite, what we’re likely to see is this to be used specifically for intelligence gathering and secure communications for the navigation of forces on land and sea,” he said. The IRGC, which operates its own military infrastructure in parallel to Iran’s regular armed forces, is a hardline force answerable only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Over the past 10 years, Iran has sent several short-lived satellites into orbit, and in 2013 it launched a monkey into space. Foreign Minister Zarif says leaving nuclear deal an option as Tehran rules out talks with US on its ballistic missiles. The Noor was launched by a three-stage rocket and, according to Iran officials, had reached a 425 km high orbit, Wed 22 Apr 2020 23.25 BST Iran launched its first civilian satellite in 2009. The Trump administration introduced new sanctions even as Iran was grappling with the outbreak. The base is in Semnan province, which hosts the Imam Khomeini Spaceport, from which Iran’s civilian space programme operates. Neither side has shown a willingness to back down from its policy. What’s behind the Middle East boycott of French products? The rocket explosion in August drew the attention of US President Donald Trump, who later tweeted what appeared to be a classified surveillance image of the launch failure. The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, according to two US Defense Department officials. President Hassan Rouhani gave nearly a 40-minute speech on Wednesday before his cabinet that included no mention of the launch. Published 24 April 2020 From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The successive failures raised suspicion of outside interference in Iran’s programme, something Trump himself hinted at by saying the US “was not involved in the catastrophic accident“. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Shares. Tehran has had several failed satellite launches in recent months. The Noor satellite was launched by a three-stage rocket which the IRGC said was powered by a combination of solid and liquid fuels. Last modified on Wed 22 Apr 2020 23.38 BST. An image of the rocket that carried the satellite showed it bore a Quranic verse on overcoming adversaries. That failure came after two failed launches of the Payam and Doosti satellites last year, as well as a launchpad rocket explosion in August. Iran must abide by this. Iran has announced it successfully launched the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite after months of failures, a programme the United … Washington has also raised concerns in the past about Tehran’s satellite programme, saying the launch of a carrier rocket in January 2019 amounted to a violation of limits on its ballistic missiles. “He’s providing a warning. “I like that the president warned an adversary. Revolutionary Guard deployed a Ghased satellite carrier to put the device into space, a previously unheard-of system. The Pentagon said it was too early to say whether the Iranian satellite launch had been successful but the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) issued a new code designator for an orbiting object which appeared consistent with Noor. The resolution (UNSC 2231) said: “Iran is called upon not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology.”. “I don’t think it remotely is, and I think Iran needs to be held accountable for what they have done.”, The 2015 UN resolution Pompeo was referring to was intended to endorse a nuclear deal with Iran that the US abrogated in 2018. As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and historically low oil prices, the missile launch may signal a new willingness to take risks by Iran. The tweet came a week after 11 IRGC speed boats deliberately cut across the paths of US warships patrolling the Gulf, one of them coming within 10 yards in what US Central Command called “dangerous and harassing approaches”. “This raises a lot of red flags,” said Fabian Hinz, a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. You’ve accepted all cookies. Hinz said, based on state media images, the launch appeared to have happened at a previously unnamed IRGC base near Shahroud, Iran, some 330km (205 miles) northeast of Tehran. It was not immediately clear if Iran’s civilian government knew the launch was coming. It used a Ghased, or “Messenger”, satellite carrier to put the device into space, a previously unheard-of system. “The first satellite of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been successfully launched into orbit by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC],” said the elite forces’ official website on Wednesday. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said the launch violated a 2015 UN security council resolution. The Foreign Office has released a statement following the launch of a satellite by Iran, using ballistic missile technology. If you have a gun, and you point it at me, that’s another thing – we know exactly what that means.

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