Iran says its rocket sends three ‘research payloads’ into space

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran used a satellite launch rocket to send three research devices into space on Thursday, a defence ministry spokesman said, as indirect U.S.-Iran talks take place in Austria to try to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal. He did not clarify whether the devices had reached orbit, but suggested the launch was a test ahead of coming attempts to put satellites into orbit. Iran, which has one of the biggest missile programmes in the Middle East, has suffered several failed satellite launches in the past few years due to technical issues. Spokesman Ahmad Hosseini said the Simorgh (Phoenix)…

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