Russia has launched a telecommunications satellite into space on behalf of Iran.

Among them are two Russian Ionosfera-M satellites and the Iranian telecoms satellite Nahid-2.

The state news agency TASS reported on Friday that a Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region and carried 20 satellites.

Nahid-2, a research and communications satellite commissioned by the Iranian Space Agency and developed by the Iranian World Research Institute, weighs 110 kilograms, according to Iran’s IRIB news agency.

However, Tehran has revealed that the satellites are not pursuing any military objectives.

The United States and Israel fear that Iran could use space technology to build long-range military missiles.

The fact that Russia is launching a satellite into space for Iran is nothing new.

In 2022, Moscow launched a surveillance satellite it had built for Iran.

The two countries are working closely together, primarily because of the Western sanctions that are weighing on both.