Editing Anousheh Ansari (section)

==== Reactions in Iran ====
[[Image:Soyuz TMA-9 crew w ansari.jpg|thumb|The Crew of Soyuz TMA-9: Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (left), Anousheh Ansari (middle) and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Sept. 5, 2006]]
The flight was given significant coverage by [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|Iranian state television]], with an hour-long live interview with Ansari being broadcast on the show ''Asemane Shab'' ("Night Sky"). Ansari was praised by newspapers such as ''Hambastegi'' and ''Jam-e-Jam Daily'', which published daily columns detailing the journey. The [[astronomy]] magazine ''NOJUM'' also published an exclusive interview of Pouria Nazemi with Ansari before her trip, in which she discussed her vision for [[Private spaceflight|commercial spaceflight]]. ''NOJUM'' also organized and held gatherings when the [[ISS]] passed over Iran's cities. Shahram Yazdanpanah made a special part about Anousheh's trip to space at the Persian "Space Science" website and covered all the trip news.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacescience.ir/Anousheh_Ansari.htm |title=Anousheh Ansari – انوشه انصاري |access-date=2008-05-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602002440/http://www.spacescience.ir/anousheh_ansari.htm |archive-date=2008-06-02 }}</ref>