officials at both the Pentagon and State Department did not immediately respond to questions over the launch preparations. says Iran's space vehicle launches defy a UN Security Council resolution committing it to a peaceful nuclear program only and has called on Tehran to undertake no activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. President Joe Biden speaks during a bill signing ceremony at the White House this week. intelligence community's 2022 threat assessment, published in March, claimed the Simorgh and otherВ spaceВ launch vehiclesВ shortenedВ the timelineВ to an intercontinental ballistic missile for Iran as they use 'similar technologies.' The United States has alleged that Iran's satellite launches defy a UNВ Security Council resolution endorsing the joint plan committing Iran to pursuing a nuclear program only for peaceful purposesВ and has called on Tehran to undertake no activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. A fire at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in February 2019 also killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. There have been five failed launches in a row for the Simorgh program, a type of satellite-carrying rocket. The program has seen recent troubles, however. Over the past decade, Iran has sent several short-lived satellites into orbit and in 2013 launched a monkey into space. Iran launches rocket into space amid nuclear talks.NASA's fire satellites, which detect flashes of light from space, did not immediately see any activity over the site late Tuesday night. It wasn't clear when these launches would take place, though erecting a rocket typically means a launch is imminent. However, its state-run IRNA news agency in May said that Iran likely would have seven homemade satellites ready for launch by the end of the Persian calendar year in March 2023. Iran did not acknowledge a forthcoming launch at the space port, and its mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A later image Tuesday afternoon showed the rocket apparently on the tower. One set of images showed a rocket on a transporter preparing to be lifted and put on a launch tower. The images from Maxar Technologies showed a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province, the site of frequent recent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit. Iran appeared to be readying for a space launch Tuesday, satellite images showing a rocket on a rural desert launch pad suggest,В as tensions remain high over Tehran's nuclear program.

Rocket launch today