Iran´s satellite launcher isn´t `virtually identical` to a ballistic missile
(WorldNews Iran)

An Iranian satellite launch failed yesterday after its rocket left the atmosphere, Tehran said after launching the spacecraft despite criticism from the United States. It is the first of two satellites Iranian leaders said they were planning to launch. The second satellite is “waiting for orbit,` per Iran’s telecommunications minister. Experts had expected the flights to take place sometime in the first eleven days of February, as Iran celebrates a national holiday linked to the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in 1979. The Trump administration exaggerated the threat of those satellite launches, according to independent experts and US intelligence officials, as it...