Iran still planning three satellite launches this year, despite ramped up U.S. pressure - minister


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Apr 2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would press ahead with the launch of three satellites into orbit this year despite a U.S. move to curb Tehran's ballistic missile programme which Washington says has been advanced by the satellite activity.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would name Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation, a move partly intended to curb the Islamic Republic's development of ballistic missiles. 

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