FNA - Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodayee said on Thursday that US officials� claim on Iranian military satellite is lacking legal basis, stressing the peaceful usage of the satellite.

�Given Iran�s peaceful nuclear and missile program, the US and European officials� claim on Iran�s military satellite have no legal basis,� he added.

Writing in his Twitter account on Thursday, Kadkhodaei said, �UNSC Resolution 2231 does not ban Iran�s missile activities. Other prohibitions only include those missiles that are designed for carrying nuclear warhead.�

The IRGC successfully launched and placed Iran�s first military satellite named Nour (Light) 1 into the orbit on Wednesday.

The IRGC fired the satellite aboard Qassed (Carrier) satellite carrier during an operation that was staged in Dasht-e Kavir, Iran�s sprawling Central desert.

The satellite was placed into the orbit 425km above Earth�s surface.

IRGC Top Commander Major General Hossein Salami said earlier on Thursday that the military satellite, Nour 1, will further boost the IRGC defense force's strategic power of intelligence and information.