Iran claims the data and images from the two satellites will be used in agriculture, land surveying, transport, and the environment.
"I congratulate this great success to the scientific community and Iranian experts, including Omidfaza company, as well as to everyone active in the technology field," Jalai said Tuesday following the launch.
"With the ever-increasing expansion of technological cooperation between Iran and the Russian Federation, we will see more and more such great news," he added.