Does this launch have any scientific significance at all?
Most likely flight was suborbital. 75 miles altitude was reported.
The Iranians have said they plan to attempt a manned flight in the next 5-8 years. I don't see how they're going to do that with this particular rocket. They'd better have something a lot better in the pipeline for that.
I really wish there was a way to make audible the apathy of the world to redoing space stunts from the 60s. All the Iranians will hear from the press coverage is the exposure they're getting. But how to do it? No-one is going to write "THIS DOESN'T MATTER" on the front page of the London Times. The media really want us to care about Iranians strapping an animal into a missile.
Here's what you are missing: they aren't doing it for your applause. We didn't launch monkeys decades ago for their applause.