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nairalanda1:
Five.

you mean the satellites other countries helped Nigeria to launch into space

jaxxy:
Iran that shoots down its own commercial planes in error in the 21st century?

US aircrafts keep crashing every now and then in this 21st century

obedience4:
Your country Nigeria, not me..
Enjoy your tinubu

lol

tctrills:
A visa to Iran or a visa to Israel, answer honestly?

Iran of course, do you think Iran is a poor country.

Apart from their draconian law, they are economically okay

obedience4:
You are launching something someone has done since over 50yrs ago
Lol,

which one has your country Nigeria launched since the creation?

muyico:
Russian trigger all this! Russian will regret this at last

regret wetin

madridguy:
Despite the sanctions, Iran is showing its technological advancement to the World.

exactly, these sanctions doesn't affect government projects, it's only the poor that feel the negative impact of it

Drogba is a great guy, no hard feelings

metaluterus:
No peace for the wicked

Iran cannot be intimidated anymore

Iran has gone far in technology, this is another clear message to the west and Israel

TEHRAN

Iran says it has successfully launched three indigenous satellites into orbit using the Simorgh carrier rocket, marking the first time the country has simultaneously sent three satellites into space.

The satellites launched early on Sunday include Mahda, weighing 32 kg, and two nano-satellites, Keyhan 2 and Hatef 1, of less than 10 kg, sent to a minimum orbit of 450 kilometers (279 miles) and a maximum of 1,100 km (683.5 mi), state media reported, citing the public relations wing of the Defense Ministry.

The Simorgh satellite carrier that carried the three satellites to space has been developed by Iran’s Defense Ministry, the ministry statement noted.

Mahda satellite has been described as a research satellite whose design, construction, assembly and testing stages were carried out at Iran’s Space Research Institute.

It aims to test the accuracy of the Simorgh carrier in delivering multiple cargoes in low earth orbit and to evaluate the performance of new designs and the reliability of indigenous space technologies.

Keyhan 2 and Hatef 1 nano-satellites have been developed by Iran Electronics Industries, a state-owned subsidiary of the Defense Ministry, both meant to test the country’s space technology.

The first-of-its-kind launch came a day after Iran dismissed the criticism of the European troika on the launch of another satellite last week, saying that scientific progress is “an inalienable and legitimate” right of the country.

Europe's criticism

In a statement on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani decried what he termed an “interventionist” stance of the UK, France and Germany that criticized the launch of the Sorayya satellite.

In a joint statement on Friday, the three European countries condemned Iran’s launch of the Sorayya satellite, saying it used the Space Launch Vehicle 9SLV technology that is “essential for the development of long-range ballistic missiles.”

“We have longstanding concerns over Iran’s activity related to ballistic missile technologies that are capable of delivering nuclear weapons. These concerns are reinforced by Iran’s continued nuclear escalation beyond all credible civilian justification,” read the statement.

“We remain committed to taking every diplomatic step to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and to hold Iran to account for its destabilizing activity in the region and internationally.”

Last week, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) aerospace unit said it launched into the highest orbit the Sorayya satellite with an indigenous satellite carrier.

The satellite with a 50 kg payload was placed into an orbit 750 kilometers (460 miles) above the Earth's surface by a three-stage Qaem 100 carrier, which is equipped to carry up to 100 kg, Communications and Information Technology Minister Isa Zarepour said at the time.

Iran’s satellite launches have often been criticized by the US, linking them with the country’s ballistic missile program, claiming that it violates the UN Security Council resolution.

Tehran has rejected such claims, saying its satellite launches are intended to help in scientific research and agricultural activities

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1214791383?-14432:11

Shame on Israel


Killing women and babies every day is nothing to be proud of

The United Nations’ top court yesterday, ordered Israel to do all it could do to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza, but the panel stopped short of ordering Jerusalem to end the military offensive that has laid waste to the Palestinian enclave.

In a ruling that would keep Israel under the legal lens for years to come, the court offered little other comfort to Israel in a genocide case brought by South Africa that goes to the core of one of the world’s most intractable conflicts.

The court’s half-dozen orders will be difficult to achieve without some sort of cease-fire or pause in the fighting.

“The court is acutely aware of the extent of the human tragedy that is unfolding in the region and is deeply concerned about the continuing loss of life and human suffering,” The Associated Press quoted the court President, Joan E. Donoghue, as having said.

Donoghue said a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, triggered a major response by Israel.

The ruling amounted to an overwhelming rebuke of Israel’s wartime conduct and added to mounting international pressure to halt the nearly 4-month-old offensive, which has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, decimated vast swaths of Gaza and driven nearly 85 per cent of its 2.3 million people from their homes.

Allowing the accusations to stand stung the government of Israel, which was founded as a Jewish state after the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews during World War II.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the fact that the court was willing to discuss the genocide charges was a “mark of shame that will not be erased for generations.” He also vowed to press ahead with the war.

The power of the ruling was magnified by its timing, coming on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“Those truly needing to stand trial are those that murdered and kidnapped children, women and the elderly,” former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said, referring to Hamas militants who stormed through Israeli communities on October 7, in the attack that set off the war. The assault killed some 1,200 people and resulted in another 250 being kidnapped

The court also called on Hamas to release the hostages who are still in captivity.

Haim Abraham, a lecturer in laws at University College London, noted that the court decision indicated “that there is, on the face of things, a risk that genocide might have been conducted” by Israel.

Many of the measures were approved by an overwhelming majority of the judges. Of the six orders, an Israeli judge voted in favor of two – an order for humanitarian aid and another for the prevention of inflammatory speech.

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1214720989?-12743:4191

Nlfpmod mynd44

Putin is a great man

lexy2014:
can you show me where the questions were provided?

meanwhile, you have not answered these questions.

re you saying that the comments he made are silly hence the silly questions?

spokesman to waveman2, pls help us answer the questions.

1. what are the powers he carries and how does that factor into your statement that "he is no politician but a civil servant"?

2. when did governors start having powers to control all arms of government in a state?

NB: you are fine man2 . you are spokes man to wave man2 .

are you guys related?

you are still saying the same thing I tried to correct you, someone has already answered you Mr daft

lexy2014:
are you saying that the comments he made are silly hence the silly questions?

spokesman to waveman2, pls help us answer the questions.

1. what are the powers he carries and how does that factor into your statement that "he is no politician but a civil servant"?

2. when did governors start having powers to control all arms of government in a state?

NB: you are fine man2 . you are spokes man to wave man2 .

are you guys related?

stop repeating the same questions over again and again even when the answers are provided, it shows you are mentally sick

Na waoo, but our girls will never listen, they date dangerous criminals because of money even when they are fully aware


Someone like jennyclay will be used for money ritual someday by her Yahoo boyfriends because she has made it abundantly clear here.

lexy2014:
that is not what I asked you.

what are the powers he carries and how does that factor into your statement that "he is no politician but a civil servant"?

when did governors start having powers to control all arms of government in a state?

Stop asking silly questions every now and then, you are very annoying I swear

waveman2 stop replying that guy, his stupidity is well known here

Such a despicable and barbaric behavior from the so-called the most moral army in the world, this is what America is supporting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtGo2NFXGm8

The Israeli military has desecrated at least 16 cemeteries in its ground offensive in Gaza, a CNN investigation has found, leaving gravestones ruined, soil upturned, and, in some cases, bodies unearthed.

In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, where fighting escalated earlier this week, Israeli forces destroyed a cemetery, removing bodies in what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by Hamas during the October 7 terror attacks.

CNN has reviewed satellite imagery and social media footage showing the destruction of cemeteries and witnessed it firsthand while traveling with the IDF in a convoy. Together the evidence reveals a systemic practice where Israeli ground forces have advanced across the Gaza Strip.


The intentional destruction of religious sites, such as cemeteries, violates international law, except under narrow circumstances relating to that site becoming a military objective, and legal experts told CNN that Israel’s acts could amount to war crimes.

A spokesman for the IDF could not account for the destruction of the 16 cemeteries CNN provided coordinates for, but said the military sometimes has “no other choice” but to target cemeteries it claimed Hamas uses for military purposes.

The IDF said rescuing the hostages and finding and returning their bodies is one of its key missions in Gaza, which is why bodies were removed from some gravesites.

“The hostage identification process, conducted at a secure and alternative location, ensures optimal professional conditions and respect for the deceased,” an IDF spokesperson told CNN, adding that bodies determined not be those of hostages are “returned with dignity and respect.”


But in other cases, the Israeli military appears to have used cemeteries as military outposts. CNN’s analysis of satellite imagery and videos showed that Israeli bulldozers turned multiple cemeteries into staging grounds, leveling large swaths and erecting berms to fortify their positions.

In the Shajaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, Israeli military vehicles could be seen where the cemetery once stood, with berms surrounding them on all sides. The central part of the Shajaiya cemetery was cleared before the war, according to local media reports. But satellite imagery showed other portions were more recently bulldozed, and an IDF presence visible, from December 10.


At the Al Falouja cemetery in the Jabalya neighborhood, north of Gaza City, the Al-Tuffah cemetery, east of Gaza City, and a cemetery in Gaza City’s Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood, destroyed tombstones and heavy tread marks pointed to heavily armored vehicles or tanks driving over graves.

The armored personnel carrier transporting a CNN team last week drove directly through the New Bureij cemetery in Al-Bureij, a Palestinian refugee camp in central Gaza, on its way out of the strip. Graves were visible on either side of the newly-bulldozed dirt road, as seen on a screen inside the vehicle showing a live feed from its front-facing camera. CNN confirmed the location of the cemetery by geolocating its footage from inside Gaza that day and checking against satellite imagery.

Other cemeteries analyzed by CNN in satellite imagery showed little to no signs of destruction, or military fortifications, among them two cemeteries where fallen soldiers from World War I and II, including Christians and some Jews, are buried.

The IDF spokesman did not explain why large swathes of cemeteries had been bulldozed to convert them into military outposts or why military vehicles were parked where graves once stood. “We have a serious obligation to the respect of the dead and there is no policy to create military posts out of graveyards,” the spokesman told CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/20/middleeast/israel-gaza-cemeteries-desecrated-investigation-intl-cmd/index.html