Yes, Iran did at some point successfully launch a monkey into space. And thanks to YouTube you can watch the video Iran's Space Monkey Full High Quality Video Low res version from ISNA Article from New Scientist Note, while the Monkey is clearly alive after impact, he seems pretty pissed off and not happy. Monkey after impact:
a primate into space, 54 years after the first monkeys Able and Baker returned safely. No details on the timing or location of the launch were given
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: (سافا) سازمان فضایی ایران Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān) is Iran's governmental space agency. The Iranian Space Research Center and Iranian Space Agency are the main organizations carrying space research and operations in Iran. Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peacefu
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