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Iranian satellite launched by Russia could be used for Ukraine surveillance

Aug 10, 2022 View Original Article
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Putin met the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a rare visit to Iran in July.
55% : The satellite, named after the Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam, was built by Russia and will include a high-resolution camera that would give Tehran new capabilities to monitor sensitive facilities in Israel and the Gulf, the paper reported.
47% : But the Washington Post previously reported that Moscow told Tehran it "plans to use the satellite for several months, or longer, to enhance its surveillance of military targets" in Ukraine, according to two US officials.
45% :Russia has looked to Iran as a source of expertise on adjusting to the new sanctions that have been introduced by the US and other western countries.
44% :Iran has denied that the Khayyam satellite, which was delivered into orbit onboard a Soyuz rocket launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, would ever be under Russian control.
41% : Tehran denies Khayyam satellite will be under Russian control, despite reported admission by MoscowRussia has launched an Iranian satellite from Kazakhstan amid concerns it could be used for battlefield surveillance in Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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