World News | Iran Says It Conducted Successful Space Launch in Programme Long Criticised by West

Manama (Bahrain), Dec 6 (AP) Iran said Friday it conducted a successful space launch, the latest for its programme the West alleges improves Tehran's ballistic missile programme.

Iran conducted the launch using its Simorgh programme, a satellite-carrying rocket that had seen a series of failed launches. The launch took place at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province.

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There was no immediate independent confirmation the launch was successful.

The announcement comes as heightened tensions grip the wider Middle East over Israel's continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and as an uneasy ceasefire holds in Lebanon. (AP)

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