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A subsidiary of Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO);
Acts as a procurement agency for military programs;
Oversees the manufacture and sale of electro-mechanical inertial gyroscopes and accelerometers; involved in the production and acquisition of precision equipment for missile guidance and control systems, including procurement on behalf of AIO;
According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, since the late 1990s, has purchased high strength steel alloy with applications in ballistic missiles, as well as other missile-related items; formerly known as the Instrumentation Factory Plant;
In 1997, L.P. Chromova of Russia’s Inor reportedly agreed with an Iranian factory director identified as A. Asgharzadeh to supply the then-Instrumentation Factories Plant with special alloys for Iran’s long-range missile program, including 240 kilograms of high-strength steel alloy known as “21HKMT” for missile casings and alloy foil designated as “49K2F,” “CUBE2,” and “50N” used to shield missile guidance components and sold in sheets 0.2 and 0.4 millimeters thick;
Also Known As:
Industrial Factories of Precision Machinery
Fadjr Industries Group (FIG)
Nasr Industries Group
Instrumentation Factories Plan (IFP)
Instrumentation Factories of Precision-Machinery
Precision Component Project Group
Sasadja Precision Industrial Complex
Mojtame Santy Ajzae Daghigh
Mojtama-e Sanaty-e Ajza-ye Daqiq
Department 140/16
Instrumentation Factories Plant
Instrumentation Factory Plant
Fajr Industries Group
Fadjr Industrial Group
IFP
Instrumentation Factories Plant (IFP)
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran, Iran
Javadian Far Avenue 212, Tehran
Khavaran Road Km 40, Parchin
P.O. Box 1985-777, Tehran
Phone:
+98 21 88978036
Person of interests:
Mohsen Hojati
Reason for the color:
» Added on Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK;
» Listed in an annex to U.N. Security Council resolution 1737 of December 23, 2006, as an entity involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program; with some exceptions, the U.N. designation requires states to freeze financial assets on their territories which are owned or controlled by the entity, by its agents, or by entities it owns or controls, and to ensure that any funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from being made available by their nationals or by any persons or entities within their territories, to or for the benefit of the entity;
» Listed by the European Union on March 23, 2012 as an entity linked to Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran’s development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must freeze all funds and economic resources owned, held or controlled by the listed entity, and prevent funds or economic resources from being made available to it;
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on June 8, 2007, freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems; sanctioned by the governments of Norway and Switzerland, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries;