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"The launch - if confirmed - comes at a time of mounting tension between Tehran and the West over Iran's controversial nuclear programme. "The first space rocket has been successfully launched into space," Iranian TV said. "
But officials said it was just for research and would not go into orbit.
Experts say if Iran has fired a rocket into space it would cause alarm abroad as it would mean scientists had crossed important technological barriers
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