Iran showcased its newly-developed 'Nahid 1' satellite, at a special ceremony attended by the Information and Communications Technology Minister, journalists and correspondents on Saturday. 

Iran Press/Iran news: The new home-made satellite has completed final testing, and is currently being prepared for a launch in the near future.

Speaking on the sidelines of the ceremony Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said to Iran Press that 'Nahid 1' can stay in space for two-and-a-half months.

Iran's ICT minister showed Nahid-1 Satellite to reporters and rejected any suggestion of  satellite launch, saying: "Nahid-1 is a Telecommunication satellite and it will work in the UHF band and KU band and will establish communicative connections and is primarily a communications satellite."

Jahromi added: "Nahid-1 will be stationed in a 250 Kilometre orbit around the earth and its operation time is two-and-a-half months. Nahid 1 is equipped with high-resolution cameras and can take high-resolution photographs and send them back to earth."

Me & Nahid I right now, Good Morning Donald Trump! pic.twitter.com/0tQnCP7cQa

— MJ Azari Jahromi (@azarijahromi) August 31, 2019

Meanwhile, Iran's ICT Minister referred to Trump's tweet on alleged satellite launch or missile test at the Semnan Space Research centre and tweeted, "Me & Nahid I right now, Good Morning Donald Trump!"    101/211

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