TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Shariatmadari announced that Tehran is preparing to orbit a new home-made satellite, called 'Sharif Sat', by February 2015. "The Iranian Defense Ministry which is in charge of launching the country's satellites into orbit has announced its readiness to put Sharif Sat into orbit before February 11, ...

Iran plans to send man into space in the next 4 years, Irans Mehr news agency quoted Iran Space Agency director Hamid Fazeli as saying on September 30. Fazeli said Iran's Space Agency has a plan to send a man into space, and the plan has been prepared within the framework of the national roadmap for scientific development. The plan also suggests ...

Daily look at Iran's late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Next N-talks likely in mid-June: Iran source The next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) may be held in mid-June, says an informed Iranian source.   IAEA seen trying again next week to advance ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran is preparing to orbit three new home-made satellites in the near future, a senior space official announced. "These three satellites have been ready for launch since last year and they are now only waiting for the Iranian Defense Ministry to send them into space," Deputy Head of Iran's Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli told reporters ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 5 (MNA) President of Sharif University of Technology says the domestically designed and manufactured satellite called Sharif Sat is ready to be launched into orbit, and it will be lifted into space sometime in autumn. Reza Rousta Azad said on Sunday that the construction of the satellite, which weighs less than 50 kilograms and will ...

[caption id="attachment_31666" align="alignright" width="240"] Iraqi soldiers patrol after a bomb damaged a bus carrying Iranian religious tourists in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad. (File photo)[/caption] Iran news headlines on Saturday include FM spokesman condemnation of terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq; supreme leader reaffirmation ...

The Iranian authorities have announced their plans for space exploration in the coming year. Thus, the head of the Iranian Space Agency Hamid Fazeli said that the industry of the country has produced the new satellites "Nahid", "Out Sat" and "Sharif Sat", which will be launched in the first half of 2013. Fazeli said that the engineering model "Nahid" ...

Irannews headlines on Saturday include Iran launching two satellites into orbit in near future; Tehran criticizing UN on Iran's human rights reports; Iran's Defence Minister remarks over NATO missiles hitting Turkey security and insisting on denial of Iran training Assad forces; 11 Pakistanis, Afghans killing near Iran border and an Iranian lawmaker ...

Head of Iran's Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the country plans to launch two indigenous satellites into orbit by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2013). The launching of the two satellites, Fajr and Sharif Sat, by the end of the current year is on our agenda, Fazeli told reporters on Saturday. Pointing to the latest ...