Iran has put imaging satellite in space, says minister

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The US intelligence community's 2022 threat assessment claims the development of satellite launch vehicles "shortens the timeline" for Iran to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile because it uses similar technology.
50% : Since then, the IAEA said Iran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons grade levels to build "several" nuclear weapons if it chooses to do so.
49% : Iran has successfully put an imaging satellite in space, a minister said, in a move that could raise tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons.
49% : Over the past decade, Iran has sent several short-lived satellites into orbit and in 2013 launched a monkey into space.
48% : Details in the video corresponded with a Guard base near Shahroud, 205 miles north east of the capital, Tehran.
45% : Iran has always denied seeking nuclear weapons, and says its space programme, like its nuclear activities, is for purely civilian purposes.
44% : Iran has expressed willingness to return to the 2015 nuclear deal but says the US should first ease the sanctions.
36% : The United States has alleged that Iran's satellite launches defy a UN Security Council resolution and has called on Tehran to undertake no activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
35% : Iran is also building a new underground nuclear facility that would likely be impervious to US air strikes.
33% : Tensions are already high with Western nations over Iran's nuclear programme, which has steadily advanced since Mr Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers five years ago, restoring crippling sanctions on Iran.
28% : US intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) say Iran abandoned an organised military nuclear programme in 2003.

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