Iran claims successful rocket test, move likely to anger U.S.

Iran has successfully tested a rocket that can deliver satellites into orbit, state television reported on Thursday, an event likely to raise tensions with the United States because of its potential use in a ballistic missile.Washington has said Iran is defying a U.N. resolution calling on it not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons."The Imam Khomeini Space Centre was officially opened with the successful test of the Simorgh