Iran launches rocket ‘bearing three devices’ into space, state TV reports

The Simorgh rocket carrying three ‘devices’ successfully blasts off (Iranian state television via AP)

Iran on Thursday announced it had launched a satellite carrier rocket bearing three devices into space, though it is unclear whether any of the objects entered orbit around the Earth.

The state TV report, as well as others by Iran’s semi-official news agencies, did not say when the launch was conducted nor what devices the carrier brought with it. However, the launch comes amid difficult negotiations in Vienna over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal.