During the 10th annual meeting of the Russian-Iranian Business Council (RIBC) on Tuesday, Russian Space Agency Official Dennis Lessikov said Moscow is ready to cooperate with Iran in building satellite signal transmission stations and training Iranian experts.
The official added that the two sides have held a meeting on space cooperation, which was attended by Iranian Space Agency (ISA) official, Hassan Karimi.
Karimi, for his part, said Tehran and Moscow have set up a space working group to review possible fields of cooperation.
Also attending the Moscow meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran seeks enhanced space collaboration with Russia, expressing hope that “cooperation with Russia will help to further our achievements in this [space] area.”
In January, Iran launched a bio-capsule with a live monkey onboard into space, which reached an altitude of more than 120 km and returned to earth safely.
Iran also launched Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (Harbinger of Science and Industry), another indigenous satellite, into the orbit on February 3, 2012.
Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1959.
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