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Fajr Industrial Group

  • Location
    Tehran
  • Type
    Missile-Production
  • Facility Status
    Operational

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About

The Fajr Industrial Group is a subsidiary of the Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO).1 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.”2 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 Hojati.3

Glossary

Sanctions
Punitive measures, for example economic in nature, implemented in response to a state's violation of its international obligations.

Sources

  1. “Fajr Industrial Group,” Iran Watch, 1 May 2013, www.iranwatch.org.
  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. See also: Paul Kerr and Wade Boese, “Sanctions on Iran Grow,” Arms Control Today, July/August 2007.
  3. “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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