Iran's military industry has taken great strides in the past 25 years, and now manufactures many types of arms and equipments. According to Iranian officials, the country sold $100 million worth of military equipment in 2003[1] and as of 2006 had exported weapons to 57 countries. [2][3].
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History
Iran's military industry was born under the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In 1973, the Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) was founded to organize efforts to assemble and repair foreign-delivered weapons. Iran Electronics Industries ( IEI, Persian: صنایع الکترنیک ایران (Sana-ey Electronik-e Iran; also known as صاایران [4] Most of Iran's weapons before the Islamic revolution were imported from the United States and Europe. The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed Between 1971 and 1975, the Shah went on a buying spree, ordering $8 billion in weapons from the United States alone. Shah is an Iranian term for a Monarch (leader that has been adopted in many other languages The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This alarmed the United States Congress, which strengthened a 1968 law on arms exports in 1976 and renamed it the Arms Export Control Act. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Still, the United States continued to sell large amounts of weapons to Iran until the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed [5]
In 1977, the Iranian Defense Industries Organization began to work on missiles jointly with Israel in Project Flower and requested a joint missile development program with the United States which was rejected. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Defense Industries Organization ( DIO; Persian: Sasadjah (Sazemane Sanaye Defa) is a Conglomerate of companies run by the Islamic Republic For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. In 18 July 1977, Iranian Vice Minister of War General Hassan Toufanian (died 1998 traveled to Israel and met with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [6] In 1979, the country took the first step into manufacturing by reverse engineering Soviet RPG-7, BM21, and SAM-7 missiles. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. The RPG-7 (РПГ-7 is a widely-produced portable shoulder-launched, Anti-tank Rocket propelled grenade weapon The BM-21 "Grad" (БМ-21 "Град" meaning Hail) is a launch vehicle of the Soviet 122 mm multiple-launch rocket system developed For the STRELA computer see Strela computer. For the Apollo test mission see A-102 The 9K32 "Strela-2"
After the Islamic revolution and the start of the Iran-Iraq War, economic sanctions and an international arms embargo led by the United States coupled with a high demand for military hardware forced Iran to rely on its domestic arms industry for repair and spare parts. The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [7] The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was put in charge of re-organising the domestic military industry. The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( Sepáh e Pásdárán e Enqeláb e Eslámi) is an ideologically motivated branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Under their command Iran's military industry was dramatically expanded, and with the Ministry of Defence pouring capital into the missile industry, Iran soon had an arsenal of missiles. The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (نيروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ايران include the IRIA (ارتش جمهوری اسلامی [8]
Since 1992, it also has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, a submarine, and a fighter plane. [9]
In 2007, following events in Iran's Nuclear Program, the United Nations Security Council placed sanctions on Iran forbidding it from exporting any form of weapons. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security [10]
See also
- List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
- Military of Iran
- Iran's missile forces
- Current Equipment of the Iranian Army
- Iran Aviation Industries Organization
- Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
- Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)
- Economy of Iran
External links
- Iranian Military Pictures & videos
- Iran Defence Industry - Youtube Video
- Iran Defence Industry Part II - Youtube Video
Notes
- ^ Irna
- ^ Irib Persian News Page
- ^ Irib Persian News Page
- ^ [1][2]
- ^ A Code of Conduct for Weapons Sales Video Transcript
- ^ [http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Iran/Missile/1788_1789.html NTI:Missile Chronology: 1960-1984]
- ^ http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20041103.aspx
- ^ Dar Al Hayat
- ^ FOXNews.com - Iran Launches Production of Stealth Sub - U.S. & World
- ^ [3]
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