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Iran Says it Has Sent Satellite Into Space

In January, Iran said it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket. EPA
In January, Iran said it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket. EPA
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Iran Says it Has Sent Satellite Into Space

In January, Iran said it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket. EPA
In January, Iran said it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket. EPA

Iran Saturday sent a research satellite into orbit with a rocket built by the Revolutionary Guard, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
The report said the Chamran-1 satellite has a weight of 60 kilograms and successfully reached in 550-kilometer orbit in space. It said testing space hardware and software is the main mission of the satellite.
IRNA said land stations received signals from the satellite, too.
It said the satellite-carrier rocket Qaem-100, using solid fuel, was designed and made by the Guard aerospace division. Iran says it has 13 more satellite launches in a row.
Though Iran has long planned to send satellites into orbit, this is the first launch under reformist President Masoud Pezezhkian after his hardline predecessor Ebrahim Raisi died in a May helicopter crash.
In January, Iran said it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket.

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Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Brings Home 103 POWs from Russia

A Russian soldier stands next to a damaged Ukrainian military vehicle in the Russian-Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region (The AP)
A Russian soldier stands next to a damaged Ukrainian military vehicle in the Russian-Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region (The AP)
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Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Brings Home 103 POWs from Russia

A Russian soldier stands next to a damaged Ukrainian military vehicle in the Russian-Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region (The AP)
A Russian soldier stands next to a damaged Ukrainian military vehicle in the Russian-Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region (The AP)

Ukraine brought home on Saturday 103 servicemen from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, announcing the second swap between Moscow and Kyiv in two days.

The Russian troops freed in Saturday's swap were captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, which began on 6 August, according to the Russian defense ministry.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Ukrainian side.

"As a result of the negotiation process, 103 Russian servicemen captured in the Kursk region were returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime," the Russian defense ministry said.

"In return, 103 Ukrainian army prisoners of war were handed over."

"At present, all Russian servicemen are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are being provided with the necessary psychological and medical assistance, as well as an opportunity to contact their relatives," the ministry added.