Other Names: None known
Address: Unknown
Location: 36010'N 54020'E; the city of Damghan is located near a dry lake approximately 375 miles to the southwest of Mashad, or 300km east of Teheran.
Website: None known
Phone number: None known
Subordinate to: Iran's BW program is reported to be under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Size: Unknown
Primary Function: Reported research on weaponization of CBW agents

History: US intelligence sources suspect the facilities in Damghan launched operations in 1989 and were meant to produce agents for ballistic missile warheads.

Description: According to unconfirmed reports, Damghan is the site of a biological weapons research laboratory constructed with Russian assistance. The BW laboratory is allegedly located near Iran's CW production facilities at Damghan.

Key Sources: Federation of American Scientists, <http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/facility/damghan.htm>; "Special Report: Chemical and Biological Warfare Programs," Jane's Intelligence Review-Special Report, 1 June 1995; Anthony Cordesman, Iran's Military Forces in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction, p. 236; "U.S. Suspects Iranian CW Facility Damaged in Quake," Middle East Newsline, vol. 4, no. 243, 24 June 2002; Exploring U.S. Missile Defense Requirements in 2010: What Are the Policy and Technology Challenges?, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, April 1997, ch. 4; James Adams, "Russia helps Iran's Bio-warfare" Sunday Times, Washington, DC, 27 August 1995.

	Updated August 2003