<span style="color: #222222;">Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported that a fire in the country's space research centre has killed three scientists.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">   </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Sunday report quotes Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi as saying that three researchers have died because of a fire in one of the buildings of the Space Research Centre.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Iran plans to launch a satellite into orbit despite US criticism that such launches benefit its ballistic missile programme.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In January, the country launched a satellite, but authorities said it failed to reach the necessary speed in the third stage of its launch.</span><br />