Iran has launched a rocket into orbit carrying what state-owned Al-Alam televison report as an “experimental capsule”.
The Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket is reportedly carrying a capsule with live animals including a rat, turtles and worms.
Footage shown on state television shows the rocket being fired from a launch pad.
President Ahmadinejad praised the launch of the satellite and the progress his country was making in its space programme.
