Iran's Space Facilities
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Missile Space Industry
Much of the missile and space industry is build in and around the Hemmat Industries in Tehran, Iran. It is located in the Khojir region, in southeastern Tehran , primarily south of Damavand Rd. with its widely spread out research and development infrastructure. Details on that industry has been provided by the latest intelligence from Iran, of the People's Mojahedin of Iran, resistance.
Second: Movahed Industry (Final Assembly of Missiles)
The final stage of building a missile takes place at Movahed Industry, code 7500. They have assigned code B2 to the location of this site. Movahed Industry is located at the largest tunnel complex in Khojir. The tunnel is over 1000m in length and 12m in diameter, and has been branched into six 500m sections. This tunnel is located in the central region of Khojir in the north of the top of the hill 2224 on the map. In addition to the building of Shahab-3 missiles, there is also work being done in this tunnel on various other ballistic missiles, such as the Ghadr missile.
This tunnel is equipped with advanced facilities capable of underground work including sophisticated fire alarms, fire extinguishers, air conditioning, and boiler rooms, anti-explosion systems for tunnels, surface water disposal systems, and air filtering systems.
In addition to workshops concerned with missile manufacturing, this complex also houses the finished missiles until they are transferred to IRGC centers.
The director of the Movahed Industry is (Haji) Saleh.
Image from Google EarthReferences:
1. Revelations on Iran 's Missile Program & Reorganizations of Iran's Defense Ministry and IRGC, Statement by
Alireza Jafarzadeh , President, Strategic Policy Consulting, Inc. , National Press Club, Washington, DC, September 26, 2008, Press Release pp 1-10. SPC Strategic Policy Consulting , 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 600, Washington , D.C. 20004, www.spcwashington.com
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