Iran is working with an Italian company to build a spy satellite, Channel 2 reported Friday, showing documents outlining the deal and still photos of meetings between Italian company officials and Iranians.The documents, with the title "The Mesbah Project," explain what the satellite's abilities would be and what it would look like.
The Iranians are working with the Italian company Carlo Gavazzi Space, the report said. An Israeli satellite expert said Mesbah would be a simple satellite, but that the Iranians are gathering important research and development data that will allow them to independently build their own satellite in the future.
