In response to the enemy's resolutions, it was decided that the project be pushed forward by five years," Ahmadinejad said, referring to Iran's shuttle program

Iran to put man in space by 2019: Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran's English-language Press TV reported. "In response to the enemy's resolutions, it was decided that the project be pushed forward by five years," Ahmadinejad said, referring to Iran's shuttle program. Western powers fear Iran is trying to build nuclear bombs under cover of a uranium enrichment program, but Tehran denies this, saying its program is intended only for power generation.