Iranʼs space agency has denied reports that Russia will use its Khayam reconnaissance satellite over Ukraine.
This was reported by the State Iranian News agency IRNA.
Iranʼs space agency stressed that the satellite will be controlled by Iran and from Iran from day one, immediately after launch, and "no other country will have access to such information, and rumors that satellite images are being used to serve another countryʼs military goals are untrue".
- On August 4, The Washington Post reported that on August 9, the Russian Roscosmos will launch the Iranian reconnaissance satellite Khayam from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with a “Soyuz” rocket, but initially Iran will not have access to it — Russia wants to use it for the war against Ukraine.