Worrying the West, Iran says it's launched a satellite into space

The West is worried that Iran is advancing its ballistic missile systems, and that this could also help its nuclear weapons programme.

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00:00Iran said it launched a satellite into space using a rocket built by the country's paramilitary

00:07Revolutionary Guard.

00:08It's the latest update in a program that the West fears is helping Tehran advance its ballistic

00:14missile program.

00:15In the past, the United States said Iran's satellite launches defy a U.N. resolution

00:21and urged Tehran not to undertake activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering

00:26nuclear weapons.

00:27Iran has always denied seeking nuclear weapons and says its space program is for purely civilian

00:33purposes.

00:34Tensions are rising not only amidst escalating fears of an all-out regional war in the Middle

00:40East, but also following EU accusations that Iran was delivering drones and missiles to

00:46Russia to use in Ukraine.

00:48Putin held talks with a top Iranian security official, thanking Iran for maintaining cooperation

00:54and saying an agreement to consolidate the partnership between both countries would be

00:58signed.