BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran fires 'first space rocket'
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- Transtracker on 2007-02-26 - Tags TransTracker , WMD , proliferation , GWOT
- Whertha on 2007-02-25 - Tags news
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Iranian media say the country has successfully launched its first rocket capable of reaching space.
But officials said it was just for research and would not go into orbit.
Experts say if Iran has fired a rocket into space it would cause alarm abroad as it would mean scientists had crossed important technological barriers
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In practice, they say, that means there is no technological block to Iran building longer range missiles now, something that will be of great international concern.
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