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Jan 28, 2013

Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, Iranian news agencies reported on Monday, lauding it as an advance in a missile and space program that has alarmed the West and Israel.

There was no independent confirmation of the report and there have been no announcements by Western powers of any Iranian launch late last week.

The Fars agency said the monkey was launched into space on a Kavoshgar rocket. The rocket reached a height of more than 120 kilometers and “returned its shipment intact,” Fars reported.

The IRNA news agency quoted the Iranian defense ministry as saying launch coincided “with the days of” the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday last week, but gave no date.

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