Other Names: Department 140/31

Subordinate to: Sanam Industrial Group (Department 140); Defense Industries Organization (DIO)

 

Location: Latitude 35° 31' North; longitude 51° 46' East; 30km southwest of Tehran; province of Tehran

Primary Function: Production of solid propellant for missiles; production of Oghab and Nazeat rockets, air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles, anti-tank, tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles; assembly of Shehab missiles; production and assembly of Fajr 3 rockets.

Description and Activities:
Although most often identified with the chemical industry, Parchin may also be the primary producer of Oghab and Nazeat missiles in Iran. In addition, Parchin manufactures air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles, and anti-tank TOW missiles, and assembles Shehab missiles (versions unspecified). It is associated also with the production of solid propellant for missiles.

Iran has invested in the production and assembly of Fajr 3 rockets in Parchin, reportedly using technology gained from the North Koreans.

Key Sources: "Mikhail Kirillin: Several U.S. Firms Engaged in Developing Missile Equipment Have Links with Iranians," Yadernyy Kontrol Dossier in Yadernyy Kontrol (Moscow), March-April 1998, No. 2, Vol. 38, pp.37-43; in "Iran's Missile Industry, U.S. Missile Development Firms with Iranian Links," FBIS Document FTS19980605000876, 5 June 1998; "The Missile Program of Iran," Eksport Obychnykh Vooruzheniy, No. 10-11 (18-19), 1997, p. 3.