Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
Sasadjah (Sazemane Sanaye Defa)
Subsidiary Entities
The Defense Industries Organization had a large number of subsidiary entities. They were often referred to by various names. Precise nomenclature and reporting relationships between entities and programs were often unclear. Involvement by these organizations in special weapons programs was often equally vague.
| Defense Industries Organization Entities | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Alternate Names | Role | Location |
| Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) | N/A | Aircraft, unguided rockets and guided missiles and associated equipment | Lavizan |
| Missile Industries Group | Sanam Industries Group; Department 140 |
Ballistic missile programs | Gostaresh |
| Department 140/4 | N/A | Unknown | Parchin |
| Ya Mahdi Industries Group | Ya Makhdi Industrial Complex; Department 140/11 |
International purchases of missile equipment | Gostaresh |
| Saman Industrial Group | Samak Industrial Group; Department 140/12 |
liquid propellant missiles | Lavizan |
| Shahid (Shakhid) Khassan Bagheri Industrial Factory (SHBIFG) | Department 140/13 | Unknown | Gostaresh |
| Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG) | Department 140/14 | solid propellant missiles | Gostaresh |
| Shahid Hemat Industrial Group (SHIG) | Department 140/15 | liquid propellant missiles | Parchin |
| Fajr Industrial Group | Mojtame Santy Ajzae Dahgigh; Instrumentation Factories Plant (IFP); Department 140/16 |
International purchases of missile equipment | Gostaresh |
| Shah Shah Abidi Research Center (MTSS) | Department 140/17 | Research and Development | Gostaresh |
| Shahid Shafizadem Industrial Complex | Department 140/18 | Unknown | Gostaresh |
| Missile Industrial Group (MSM) | Department 140/31 | liquid propellant missiles | Parchin |
| Shahid Babaye Industrial Complex (SBIC) | Department 140/114/7 | Unknown | Gostaresh |
| Ettehad Technical Group | N/A | Ballistic missile programs | |
| Electro Sanam Company | N/A | Ballistic missile programs | |
| Joza Industrial Company | N/A | Ballistic missile programs | Tehran |
| Safety Equipment Procurement (SEP) | N/A | Ballistic missile programs | |
| Ammunition Industries Group | Ammunition and Metallurgy Industries Group (AMIG) | Small arms and artillery ammunition, mines, pyrotechnics and explosives, and chemical components | Tehran |
| 7th of Tir Industries | 7th of Tir Industrial Complex | Nuclear programs | Esfahan |
| Khorasan Metallurgy Industries | N/A | Centrifuge component production | Mashad |
| Armament Industries Group (AIG) | Armament Group | Small arms; small, medium, and large caliber guns; and rocket launchers | Tehran |
| Hadid Industries | N/A | Gun barrels and rocket tubes | Karaj |
| Imam Ali Industries | N/A | Unknown | |
| Jangafzarazi | N/A | Unknown | |
| Esfahan Alloy Steel | Isfahan Alloy Steel Complex (IASC) | Metallurgy | Esfahan |
| Fajr-e-Shiraz | N/A | Unknown | |
| Chemical Industries Group (CIDMG) | Chemical Group | Industrial chemical production | Tehran |
| Parchin Chemical Industries | N/A | Industrial chemical production | Parchin |
| Cruise Missile Industry Group | Naval Defence Missile Industry Group | Naval missiles, cruise missiles | |
| Education and Research Institute (ERI) | Department 148/3; formerly Scientific Research Group |
Research and Development | Gostaresh |
| Marine Industries Group (MIG) | N/A | Military and commerical ship production | Tehran |
| Off-Shore Design and Research Center | Off-Shore Research and Design Center | Research and Development | Tehran |
| Shahid Julaei Industries | Shahid Jolaei Industries | Small regular, speed, and hydrofoil boat types (Patrol, fishing, etc) | Tehran |
| Shahid Darvishi Industries | N/A | Submarines, tugboats, landing craft, barges and floating platforms | Bandar Abbas |
| Shahid Tamjidi Industries | N/A | Destroyers, missile craft, tugboats, landing craft, barges and floating platforms | Bandar Anzali |
| Shahid Mousavi Industries | N/A | Tugboats, landing craft, cargo craft, barges and off-shore floating platforms (including oil related infrastructure) | Khorramshahr |
| Mechanical Systems Industries Group (MIG) | Department 142; Department 158 |
Unknown | Gostaresh |
| Special Industrial Groups of the Ministry of Defense (MIDSPCIG) | Department 154; Special Industries Group; NAB Export |
NBC Protection Gear and Medical Supplies | Tehran / Gostaresh |
| University of Science and Defense Technologies (USDT) | Department 149/d | Research and Development | Gostaresh |
| Vehicle Industries Group (VEIG) | Vehicle Group | Commerical and military wheeled and tracked vehicles | Tehran |
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