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Fajr Industrial Group

Other Name: Instrumentation Factory Plant
Location: Tehran
Subordinate To: Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO)
Size: Unknown
Facility Status: Operational

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the Fajr Industrial Group (FIG) "is involved in the production and acquisition of precision equipment for missile guidance and control systems." [1] Both the UN and the U.S. government have imposed sanctions on the FIG, and UNSCR 1747 specifically imposed travel and financial sanctions on the head of the FIG, Mohsen Jojati. [2]

Sources:
[1] "Treasury Takes Additional Measures to Combat Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation," U.S. Department of the Treasury, 8 June 2007, www.ustreas.gov. See also: Paul Kerr and Wade Boese, "Sanctions on Iran Grow," Arms Control Today, July/August 2007.
[2] "Treasury Takes Additional Measures to Combat Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation," U.S. Department of the Treasury, 8 June 2007, www.ustreas.gov.

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