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Feb. 17, 2020
Image above: Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the former intelligence officer, who is currently Minister of Information & Communications Technology in Iran claimed that it's the Iranian astronaut suit image. Source: Ahmad Batebi.
To promote the idea of a manned space program, an Iranian minister tweeted a photo that, in fact, was straight out of the Amazon web site.
Image above: Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the former intelligence officer, who is currently Minister of Information & Communications Technology in Iran claimed that it's the Iranian astronaut suit image. While it's a kids costume which available at Amazon for $ 23. Source: Ahmad Batebi.
The Iranian Minister of Information and Communication Technologies had a hard time on Twitter last week. To promote the idea of a manned space program for his country, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi published on the social network a photo supposed to represent a space suit. The Iranian flag was embroidered on the silver outfit, but Internet users quickly felt the blow, says Al Arabiya.
Image above: Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the former intelligence officer, who is currently Minister of Information & Communications Technology in Iran claimed that it's the Iranian astronaut suit image. It seems that the two logos on the front of the costume were clumsily camouflaged to make it a credible Iranian spacesuit.. Source: Ahmad Batebi.
Indeed, some quickly pointed out that the famous combination furiously resembled a Halloween costume available on Amazon for the modest sum of 23 dollars. It seems that the two logos on the front of the costume were clumsily camouflaged to make it a credible Iranian spacesuit.
Image above: Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the former intelligence officer, who is currently Minister of Information & Communications Technology in Iran claimed that it's the Iranian astronaut suit image. It seems that the two logos on the front of the costume were clumsily camouflaged to make it a credible Iranian spacesuit.. Source: Ahmad Batebi.
Overflowing with sarcastic and / or dismayed reactions, Jahromi ended up apologizing last Wednesday. The minister said his team had "undeniably made a mistake in choosing the image." He also apologized to the "people and space scientists" of Iran. It must be said that this Jahromi blunder comes at a particularly bad time: on February 9, Tehran launched a new scientific observation satellite, Zafar, but failed to put it into orbit.
Related article:
Iran fails to put satellite into orbit
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/02/iran-fails-to-put-satellite-into-orbit.html
Related links:
Iranian Space Agency: http://www.iafastro.org/societes/iranian-space-agency/
Ahmad Batebi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiojibi
Images, Text, Credits: ATS/Twitter/Ahmad Batebi/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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