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The Guardian: British officials said, if confirmed, the Rasad-1 launch represented a violation of a UN security council resolution banning the development of ballistic missile technology ultimately capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. "The same type of technology is involved in launching ballistic missiles," one official said. Iranian reports said the Rasad satellite was built at the Malek Ashtar university, founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, who are also in charge of the military missile programme. Western officials say that since last October, there have been three previously unpublicised tests of medium-range missiles >>>