Despite earlier roots, the Iranian military industry started the missile development program in earnest during Iran's long and costly war with Iraq.

Tehran is the center of most Iranian industries and services.

According to our information, Iranian industry has been responsible for reverse-engineering an almost exact duplicate of our currency paper.

Prior to 1963, the Iranian military industry consisted of a number of independent factories.

Iran sees such ties as undermining United States sanctions, which have badly hurt Iranian industry.

The acquisition by Iran Khodro during the 2005-2010 privatisation of Iranian industries is claimed to have contributed to the company's poor financial state.

And the country's $12 billion in annual oil revenue is paying for imported food and other commodities once produced by Iranian industry and agriculture.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards were put in charge of creating what is today known as the Iranian military industry.

Economical: most Iranian industries are located on the outskirts of Tehran.

The 250,000 kilowatt turbines are intended to alleviate critical power shortages that have crippled Iranian industry.