Despite crushing economic sanctions from the West, the Islamic Republic has succeeded in developing its aerospace capabilities.
Iran puts its third homegrown satellite into orbit, and that's a big deal because sanctions have failed to stop Iran's advancement technologically, especially in the aerospace sector, not to mention many other industries like the military.
Exploring the reasons why the US maximum pressure campaign failed to stop Iran, despite decades of sanctions, constitutes the main topic of this episode of the Spotlight program.