Against the background of the talks in Vienna: Iran has launched a space missile Israel today

Iran has launched a missile with three state-of-the-art research systems on it, the Iranian news agency Tassanim reported today (Thursday).

The West suspects that the launch is in fact a demonstration of the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile program.

The missile was reportedly launched from the Imam Khomeini space center in the deserts of central Iran and passed successfully.

The launch was carried out by the space arm of the Iranian Ministry of Defense.

Space Arm spokesman Ahmed Hussein said in response to the launch: "We have proven in the past that we have self-produced capabilities in space, when we launched small satellites into orbit around the Earth, and now we are experimenting with launching larger and more advanced systems that will serve Iran's security needs."

The Iranian space program has suffered in recent years from a series of scorching failures in launching space missiles, including the explosion of some of the missiles on the launch pad.

The Revolutionary Guards managed last year to launch a rocket into space and apparently also to place several satellites, including spy satellites, in Earth orbit.

Jeffrey Lewis, a researcher on the Iranian missile program at the Institute at the James Martin Center at the Middlebury Institute for Policy, said it was an integral part of President Ibrahim Raisi's aspiration in space.

"They are not ready to go for eggs in Tehran. Raisi's people are interested in creating a new equation with the superpowers," he said.

Iran's missile program is a major point of contention between Tehran and the United States and European powers.

Iran has in the past refused to link its missile program, which could serve as a tool for sending nuclear warheads, to any type of nuclear deal.

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