Iran scoffs at claims Russia-launched satellite for 'spying'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% :Iran successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020, drawing a sharp rebuke from the United States.
44% : Last week, The Washington Post quoted anonymous Western intelligence officials as saying that Russia "plans to use the satellite for several months or longer" to assist its war effort before allowing Iran to take control.
43% : Responding to the launch, Washington said Russia's growing cooperation with Iran should be viewed as a "profound threat".
43% :Iran insists its space programme is for civilian and defence purposes only, and does not breach the 2015 nuclear deal, or any other international agreement.
38% : Iran dismissed as "childish" Wednesday claims by the United States that an Iranian satellite launched by Russia is intended for spying.
34% :Western governments worry that satellite launch systems incorporate technologies interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, something Iran has always denied wanting to build.

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