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Space program overview Iran, in 3 editions.
The entry for Iran published Space program overview in 3 editions of 36, from 2023 to 2025. The text changed in 2 editions. Each is shown as published. Space program overview in every entry.
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Published as “Space program overview” (2023 to 2025).
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Changed since 2024- has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV);
- designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific;
- manufactures and operates SLVs;
- researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness;
- UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries;
- in recent years, however, it has cooperated with North Korea and Russia on space issues;
- Iran has also had relations with regional and international space organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization;
- it was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2023)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S
has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV); designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific; manufactures and operates SLVs; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness; UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries; in recent years, however, it has cooperated with North Korea and Russia on space issues; Iran has also had relations with regional and international space organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization; it was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2023)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S
- has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV);
- designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific;
- manufactures and operates SLVs;
- researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness;
- UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries;
- in recent years, however, it has cooperated with North Korea and Russia on space issues;
- Iran has also had relations with regional and international space organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization;
- it was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide
has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space launch vehicles (SLV); designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific; manufactures and operates SLVs; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness; UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries; in recent years, however, it has cooperated with North Korea and Russia on space issues; Iran has also had relations with regional and international space organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization; it was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2023) (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S the Space Programs reference guide
- has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on satellites and satellite launch vehicles (SLV);
- designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific;
- manufactures and operates SLVs;
- researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in areas such as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness;
- international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries;
- in recent years, however, it has worked with North Korea and Russia, as well as regional and international space organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization;
- Iran was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in 1958;
- has an active private space industry (2025)
has an ambitious civil and military space program focused on acquiring and operating satellites and developing indigenous satellite/space satellite launch vehicles (SLV); designs, builds, and operates satellites, including communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific; manufactures and operates SLVs; researching and developing other space-related capabilities and technologies in such areas such as telecommunications, RS, navigation, and space situational awareness; UN Security Council and other international sanctions against Iran’s weapons of mass destruction program have severely limited Iran’s cooperation with foreign space agencies and commercial space industries; in recent years, however, it has cooperated worked with North Korea and Russia on space issues; Iran has also had relations with Russia, as well as regional and international space organizations, organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization; it Iran was a founding member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) established in 1958 (2024) 1958; has an active private space
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on thesector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide industry (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Iran: Space program overview.” The World Factbook, 2023–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/iran/space-program-overview.