The Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledged its fourth failure in its space ambitions Sunday evening February 9, as the missile carrying Satellite Zafar [Victory] could not reach the required speed to put the satellite into orbit.
On the anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution President Hassan Rouhani called for more open elections.
An official in Iran's Zahedan Province on Monday said parts of the satellite that crashed after an unsuccessful launch on Sunday caused the massive explosion sounds and the light in the sky reported from two rural districts of the province.
The heir to the last Shah of Iran, Prince Reza Pahlavi has described the rulers of the clergy-dominated country as an "alien cult" composed of "criminals", "thieves" who are "doomed."
The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will break his country's diplomatic tradition and not send a message to his Iranian counterpart to congratulate the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Less than two weeks before the parliamentary elections in Iran, no one in Iran's political circles seems to have any doubt about a landslide victory by conservatives and ultraconservatives.
The West has to keep an eye on the likelihood that Iran would use its extraterritorial network to launch attacks as revenge for the killing of Qassem Soleimani.
Reporters Without Borders says journalists in Iran had to repeat government lie about downed Ukrainian airliner and now harassed to stay silent.
Iran’s reformists will mostly stay out of the parliamentary elections on February 21, leaving little incentive for voters to go to polls, as no alternative is offered except hardliners to choose from.
Iran is trying to revive the story that when its top general Qassem Soleimani was killed in Baghdad, he was carrying a "peace message".
Families of some protesters detained during the November unrest in Iran have been denied any information about them and fear they are dead.
Iran's election watchdog has disqualified dozens of current parliament members from running in elections, on financial corruption accusations.
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