Iran Studies Human Space Program!

UPDATE HERE --- Iran plans to send a faza navard (astronaut) into space and the Persian nation is currently conducting the relevant studies, Iraian Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour announced on Saturday, the Mehr News Agency and Tehran Times have reported. The Iranian government made a similar announcement about one year ago. "This project is currently under study and… (we) hope to be able to implement the project in the near future," Taqipour said at a ceremony held to inaugurate World Space Week. It has been estimated that Iran will attempt a human space program in 2021 but such a program would require significant national investment in space technology and launch infrastructure. Space observers indicate that Iran is advancing in rocket technology. Anousheh Ansari has the first Iranian-American (female) launched into space aboard a Russian-made Soyuz as a commercial space flight participant in September 2006. She was in no way authorized by the Iranian government.