Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday rejected "baseless" claims by U.S. officials about Tehran's space cooperation with Moscow, Paralel.Az reports citing Xinhua.

He made the remarks at a weekly press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran, while reacting to the claims made by U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, in which he had described the recent launch of an Iranian satellite by Russia as "another indication of the deepening military partnership" between the two countries, which was "harmful to Ukraine, Iran's neighbors and the international community."

Kanaani said the defense and military cooperation between Iran and Russia were based on international laws and regulations as well as the two countries' common interests.

"It is the right of countries to cooperate within the framework of international regulations and laws. We categorically reject the claims made by the U.S. authorities and consider them baseless," Kanaani stressed.

He added the cooperation would continue within its framework and was not against any third party.

Iran on Thursday successfully put a domestically developed satellite, dubbed Pars-1, into a 500-km orbit via a Soyuz rocket launch in eastern Russia, the official IRNA news agency reported.