Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches second satellite – report

This image taken from video footage aired by Iranian state television on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, shows the launch of a rocket by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard carrying a Noor-2 satellite in northeastern Shahroud Desert, Iran. Iran launched the reconnaissance satellite just as world powers awaited Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal. (Iranian state television via AP)

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a second reconnaissance satellite into space, state media reported, just as world powers awaited Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal.

State television said the launch took place in the north-eastern Shahroud Desert, without specifying when.