Tehran: An Iranian foreign ministry official on Monday defended North Korea's rocket launch, saying that every nation has the right to the peaceful use of space technology.
North Korea claims it launched an experimental communications satellite into orbit on Sunday. But the country's critics say it was an illicit test of the regime's long-range missile technology.
Iran also has a contentious relationship with the international community over its missile and nuclear programmes and is believed to have cooperated extensively with North Korea on missile technology, though Iran denies this.
He also again denied that Iran posed a nuclear threat, saying: "We, just like all the people of the world, anticipate the realisation of a nuclear-free world."
As with its nuclear programme, Iran's space ambitions worry world powers because the same rocket technology used to carry satellites to orbit can also deliver warheads.
Speaking after Sunday's rocket launch, US President Barack Obama warned North Korea and Iran that world powers were against them.
North Korea claims it launched an experimental communications satellite into orbit on Sunday. But the country's critics say it was an illicit test of the regime's long-range missile technology.
Iran also has a contentious relationship with the international community over its missile and nuclear programmes and is believed to have cooperated extensively with North Korea on missile technology, though Iran denies this.
He also again denied that Iran posed a nuclear threat, saying: "We, just like all the people of the world, anticipate the realisation of a nuclear-free world."
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As with its nuclear programme, Iran's space ambitions worry world powers because the same rocket technology used to carry satellites to orbit can also deliver warheads.
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Speaking after Sunday's rocket launch, US President Barack Obama warned North Korea and Iran that world powers were against them.
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