Iran to put a monkey into space
Found on Physorg on Friday, 17 June 2011
Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of Rassad-1, state television reported on its website.
At the time, Fazeli touted the launch of a large animal into space as the first step towards sending a man into space, which Tehran says is scheduled for 2020.
Western powers fear that Iran's space agenda might be linked to developing a ballistic missile capability that could deliver nuclear warheads.
Good to see that Iran does not like Ahmadinejad anymore and plans to shoot him into space.