Subordinate to: Sanam Industrial Group (Department 140); Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
Other Name: Mojtama-e Sanaty-e Ajza-ye Daqiq
Location: Latitude 35° 42' North; longitude 51° 24' East; province of Tehran
Primary Function: Planning and manufacturing of precision equipment for control and guidance systems.
Description and Activities:
The Instrumentation Factory Plant, also known as Department 140/16, is most likely subordinate to the Sanam Industrial Group or Department 140. As its name indicates, this complex plans and manufactures precision equipment that may be used in missile guidance systems.
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; Paul Bernstein, John Shields, Barry Walrath, Technology Infrastructure Assessment of Iran (Science Applications International Corporation, 30 December 1992), p. 4.
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