14 DAY TRIAL // Iran announced on Tuesday that it had sent its first home-made satellite into orbit, aboard a delivery system that was also developed in the Middle-Eastern nation. The move was not well-received by leaders of the Western world, who already had tense relations with the Tehran regime, on account of the country's nuclear ambitions and its uranium enrichment program. The Omid (Hope) satellite was carried into orbit Monday evening by the Safir-2 carrier system, according to local media.
"Dear Iranians, your children have put the first indigenous satellite into orbit. With this launch, the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially achieved a presence in space. We have a divine view of technology unlike the dominating powers of the world who have Satanic views," a radiant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, said. The launch also marked an important historic moment, as it coincided with the 30th anniversary of the nation's Islamic revolution of 1979. At the time, the US-backed shah was overthrown, and the new leadership set in, one that from the get-go opposed the United States.
Even now, the Tehran regime defies the United Nations, which are constantly at odds with Iran over its sensitive plans for the future of its nuclear program. But the most feared possibility in the Western world is that the Islamic nation will attempt to divert technology from its space rockets to its long-range ballistic missile program. That would mean that, once the country manages to synthesize the atomic bomb, it will have a strike range spreading across thousand of miles, including China, Russia, Europe, India and others.
The launch came just a day ahead of a planned meeting in Germany, where leaders from six world powers met to discuss the threat that Iran possessed, and the best way to stop it. Some say that, if the country gets nuclear capability, then the entire region will be destabilized, and other countries could seek similar goals. However, perhaps the most threatening specter looming over the Western world is the possibility that Iran will sell the technology to terrorist groups and rogue states, such as Libya and North Korea, which will blow the delicate nuclear balance of the world to dust.