Press TV has strongly denounced the double standards of the European Union with regard to freedom of expression, saying a plan by the leading European satellite carrier to remove the English news network is part of Western “media terrorism” against Iran.

Iranian satellite carrier Zuljanah was launched to space on Sunday for the second time over the past 16 months.

Iran plans to carry out two more research launches of its domestically-developed Zoljanah satellite carrier rocket.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has stressed that advancement in science and research, including in aerospace field, is an inalienable right of the Iranian nation.

Iran has successfully launched a satellite carrier rocket bearing three research payloads into space. The devices have been sent to an altitude of 470 kilometers.