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Iran Aviation Industries Organization

Iran Aviation Industries Organization is Iran's state-owned military aviation coordinator, managing an aerospace-industrial network that develops, produces, repairs, and supports aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and selected air-defense systems for Iran's defense base.

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Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) is a state-owned Iranian defense organization responsible for planning, controlling, and managing the country's military aviation industry. Open sources place it under the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics and describe its network as spanning aircraft manufacturing, helicopter overhaul, UAV production, aviation repair, and selected aerospace research.

IAIO's public footprint is fragmented because the organization and several related companies are sanctions-listed, but sanctions records and defense-reference sources consistently identify it as a coordinating parent for HESA, Qods Aviation Industries, PANHA, IACI, and other aviation entities. That structure makes IAIO important for understanding Iranian systems whose immediate manufacturer may be a subordinate company while the broader program sits inside the state aviation-industrial organization.

military aviationaircraft manufacturinghelicoptersUAVsmaintenance and overhaul

Notable Systems

Khordad-15 air-defense system, Medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Khordad-15 air-defense system

Medium-range surface-to-air missile system

Open-source defense reporting describes Khordad-15 as an IAIO-developed medium-to-long-range surface-to-air missile system using Sayyad-family missiles and a mobile radar-launcher layout.

Sources: The National Interest: Khordad-15 background
Mohajer-6, Armed intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

Mohajer-6

Armed intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance UAV

Treasury describes IAIO as the MODAFL subsidiary overseeing Qods Aviation Industries, an OFAC-designated manufacturer associated with Iran's Mohajer UAV line; the cataloged Mohajer-6 record covers that UAV family connection.

Sources: U.S. Treasury UAV production action

Manufacturer History

  1. Organization established

    Iran Watch says IAIO was established in 1966.

    Sources: Iran Watch profile

  2. European Union listing

    EU sanctions records listed IAIO as a MODAFL organization responsible for planning and managing Iran's military aviation industry.

    Sources: Iran Watch profile

  3. OFAC designation

    Iran Watch records the U.S. Treasury's 2013 SDN designation under Executive Order 13382.

    Sources: Iran Watch profile

  4. UAV-production oversight described

    A U.S. Treasury action described IAIO as the MODAFL subsidiary overseeing HESA and Qods Aviation Industries and connected those companies to Iran's Mohajer, Ababil, and Shahed UAV production.

    Sources: U.S. Treasury UAV production action

Subsidiaries
Fajr Aviation Composite Industries (FACI)Iran Aircraft Industries (IACI)Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (IAMI)Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Industries (PANHA)Qods Aeronautics Industries
Website links
Ministry of DefenceIran Watch profileAirforce Technology profile

IAIO is a sanctions-listed MODAFL-linked organization, so public English-language sourcing is fragmented and mostly comes from sanctions databases and defense-reference profiles.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Airforce Technology profilePublisher: Airforce Technology | Note: Supports the state-owned aerospace-company description and the listed website mod.ir for IAIO. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Iran Watch profilePublisher: Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control | Note: Supports IAIO aliases, founding date, Tehran address context, MODAFL ownership, military aviation role, and subsidiary relationships. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons SAHA.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the manufacturer image and reuse context; the file page identifies the image as the official seal of IAIO and licenses it under CC BY-SA 3.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • U.S. Treasury UAV production actionPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports IAIO's MODAFL relationship, oversight of HESA and Qods Aviation Industries, and the connection of those subordinate manufacturers to Mohajer, Ababil, and Shahed UAV production. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GlobalSecurity IAIO profilePublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports IAIO's 1966 establishment, aviation-industry planning and coordination role, subordinate aviation organizations, and maintenance, overhaul, repair, and support functions. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • The National Interest: Khordad-15 backgroundPublisher: The National Interest | Note: Supports the IAIO attribution for Khordad-15 and general system context used for the catalog-linked notable-system note. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Khordad-15 air-defense system, Medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2020 United States-Iran Conflict, 2026 Iran WarKhordad-15 air-defense systemMedium-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: IranKhordad-15 is Iran's road-mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system, unveiled in 2019 as part of the Islamic Republic's domestic air-defense layer. Source coverage describes a truck-mounted launcher paired with phased-array radar and Sayyad-family missiles, while 2026 reporting identified likely Khordad-15 launchers among Iranian SAM systems struck during the U.S. and Israeli anti-air-defense campaign.