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Russia defends Iran satellite launch against US opposition

by Associated Press
| June 4, 2020 1:27 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is defending Iran’s right to launch a satellite, dismissing U.S. claims that Tehran was defying the U.N. resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers by sending it into space.

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