(MENAFN) In response to Western penalties, Moscow and Tehran are attempting to forge tighter relations. On Tuesday, a Russian rocket carrying an Iranian satellite successfully launched into orbit.
According to a video posted on YouTube by Russia's Roscosmos space agency, the remote sensing satellite known as "Khayyam" was launched on Tuesday at 05:52 GMT by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the location of Russian space launches in southern Kazakhstan.
Moscow has denied using the satellite to increase its intelligence capabilities in Ukraine, according to Tehran, which also asserts that Iran would have complete operational control over it "from day one."
The Washington Post reported last week that United States officials are worried about the nascent space cooperation between Russia and Iran because they believe the satellite will give Iran "unprecedented capabilities" to monitor potential military targets in Israel and the wider middle east, in addition to helping Russia in the Ukraine.
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