<span style="color: #222222;">In Iran, the Revolutionary Guard today said, it launched a military satellite into orbit, a successful launch after months of failures.<br />''<br />'' Meanwhile, there was no immediate independent confirmation of the launch of the satellite, which the Guard called Noor.<br />''<br />''The Guard said, the satellite successfully reached an orbit of 425 kilometres above the Earth's surface.<br />''<br />''The launch comes amid tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal and after a US drone strike killed Guard General Qassem Soleimani in January. Iran has suffered several failed satellite launches in recent months.</span><br />