Subordinate to: Defense Industries Organization's Defense Technology and Science Research Center

Other Name: Karaj

Location: Latitude 35° 50' North; longitude 50° 01' East; 42.5km northwest of Tehran; province of Tehran

Primary Function: Main facility of the Defense Technology Science and Research Center: Design for missile testing.

Description and Activities:
The Karaj Missile Development Complex is located 42km west of the Iranian capital, Tehran, in the province of Tehran. It is located on the grounds of the Defense Industry Organization's Defense Technology and Science Research Center.

The Complex houses the missile design program and receives assistance from China and Russia. Some reports claim that this facility built and tested the Shehab 3 missile with assistance from Chinese, North Korean, and Russian scientists.

Key Sources: Anthony H. Cordesman, Iran and Nuclear Weapons (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 7 February 2000); Jim Mathews, "Iran claims successful test of first locally built missile," Aerospace Daily, 1 June 2001, via Lexis-Nexis, <http://www.lexis-nexis.com>; "The Iranian Missile Program," Yadernyy Kontrol Digest, no. 6, Winter 1997-1998.

	Updated May 2004