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| ‘Good luck determining what happened’: Trump says US not involved in Iranian satellite ‘incident’ | ‘Good luck determining what happened’: Trump says US not involved in Iranian satellite ‘incident’ |
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| US President Donald Trump denied any American involvement after reports of a failed Iranian satellite launch, in which a rocket is said to have exploded on a launch pad. Iran, meanwhile, has not issued any accusations of the sort. | US President Donald Trump denied any American involvement after reports of a failed Iranian satellite launch, in which a rocket is said to have exploded on a launch pad. Iran, meanwhile, has not issued any accusations of the sort. |
| In a tweet on Friday, the president assured Washington had nothing to do with the apparently botched satellite mission, and wished Tehran “good luck” in figuring out what went wrong. He also attached an image of damage done to the launch site. | |
| “The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran,” he tweeted. | “The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran,” he tweeted. |
| On condition of anonymity, an Iranian official confirmed that the explosion on Thursday was caused by “technical issues,” but added that “our young scientists are working to fix the problem,” according to Reuters. | |
| Tehran has not officially placed blame on Washington or any other party, making the president’s preemptive declaration of no US involvement all the more curious. | |
| Satellite images captured by Planet Labs Inc., and published by NPR later, also indicated an explosion, depicting a large column of black smoke rising from the launch site. | |
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