** FILE ** This photo released by the Fars News Agency claims to show an Iranian satellite launching rocket named "Safir-2," translated in English as "Ambassador-2," carrying the satellite "Omid," or "Hope" in English, photographed at launch at an undisclosed location on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country's president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international observers.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the death of Iran's revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini (shown in the poster at right), at his mausoleum outside Tehran on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Fars News Agency)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the death of Iran's revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini (shown in the poster at right), at his mausoleum outside Tehran on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Fars News Agency)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks during a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the death of Iran's revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini (shown in the poster at right), at his mausoleum outside Tehran on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Fars News Agency)
** FILE ** This photo released by the Fars News Agency claims to show an Iranian satellite launching rocket named "Safir-2," translated in English as "Ambassador-2," carrying the satellite "Omid," or "Hope" in English, photographed at launch at an undisclosed location on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Iran has successfully sent its first domestically made satellite into orbit, the country's president announced Tuesday, claiming a significant step in an ambitious space program that has worried many international observers.
