An Iranian university subordinate to the Defense Technology and Science Research Center (DTSRC) that supports the education and research and development needs of the Iranian Ministry of Defense Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL); faculty members have conducted research relevant to missiles and nuclear power.

Faculty members have also conducted research on missile guidance systems, missile flight stability, ultra-high temperature ceramic coatings for missiles and rockets, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

In collaboration with scientists from Islamic Azad University and K. N. Toosi University of Technology, faculty members have obtained hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) from Zibo Elim Trade Company Ltd. in China; in collaboration with scientists from the University of Tehran, faculty members have obtained unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (UDMH) from the United States; faculty members have also obtained ammonium perchlorate (AP), hydrazine, and triphenylbismuth (TPB) from a multinational company headquartered in Germany and inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) from a company located in the United States; AP, UDMH, HTPB, hydrazine, IRFNA, and TPB are substances controlled under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) for their potential use in missile propellant.

In cooperation with scientists from the Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI) of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), faculty members have studied the cooling process of the pressurized water reactor used in the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP); a subordinate entity has carried out studies that have applications in the development of nuclear explosives.

Has reportedly been affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); in 2016, reportedly hosted a conference that included the presentation of a GPS navigation device designed for the Iranian Armed Forces; in 2014, developed satellites for the Iranian government; in 2011, designed and launched the Rasad 1 satellite; in 2003, created a missile training program in collaboration with the Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO).

Has reportedly hosted the First, Second, Third, and Fourth National Conferences on Optic and Laser Engineering, the First and Third International Conferences of the Iranian Aerospace Propulsion Society, and the Fifth Iranian Security Community Conference.

Obtained specialized software from Ajily Software Procurement Group; has sought goods or services from Aria Nikan; has reportedly collaborated with Iran Aircraft Industries (IACI).

Research institutes have included:

• Fuel Cell Technology Research Laboratory
• Hormozgan Defense Science and Technology Institute
• Northern Defense Science and Technology Institute
• Northwestern Defense Science and Technology Institute
• Research Center for Explosion and Impact (METFAZ)

Has reportedly overseen the Aviation University Complex.

Includes faculties dedicated to aeronautics, aerospace engineering, electrical and cybernetic engineering, materials science, and passive defense as well as a department focused on aviation and naval science, land warfare, and mechanics; MODAFL-affiliated chemistry department has conducted experiments on beryllium; reportedly has six aerospace faculties and research centers as well as departments for flight dynamics, space propulsion, space structures, and space systems design.

Operates campuses in Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tehran; has hosted a training branch of Moscow State Aviation Technological Institute (MATI).

Has concluded memoranda of understanding with the following Indian universities:

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
• Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT Jammu)
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)

According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has supplied experts to the AEOI for research related to the production of nuclear weapons and has operated a laser enrichment program in a location outside Isfahan; according to the NCRI, has produced centrifuge parts; according to the NCRI, has conducted research on the production of maraging steel containing cobalt and having a grade of 300-350, which can be used for centrifuge rotors; according to the NCRI, has been involved in attempts to make ceramic matrix composites; according to the NCRI, successfully produced beryllium oxide in laboratory testing; according to the NCRI, has mixed beryllium with Polonium 210 for a neutron initiator.

According to the NCRI, has served as a MODAFL biological weapons center; according to the NCRI, has carried out genetic cloning at the Lavizan-Shian Technological Research Center; according to the NCRI, has housed the Center for Genetic Biotechnology and Engineering Research, a facility relevant for the development of biological weapons.

Officials have included Reza Mozaffarinia Hosein (dean) and Mohammad Mehdi Nejad Nouri (rector); former officials have included Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi (head); other personnel have reportedly included Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani (head of a research institute).

According to the NCRI, other personnel have included Reza Erfanian (head of physics research and laser enrichment expert), Mansour Mohtashamifard (employee of electrical engineering department and laser enrichment expert), Majid Rezazadeh (head of laser enrichment program, chairman of a science complex in Isfahan, and a member of board of scientists), Nasser Ehsani (university president and head of beryllium oxide project), Hosseini Tash (supervisor of beryllium oxide project), Teimourian (head of chemical group), Abbas Soliemani (engineer), Nasser Ehsani, and Maqsudi (head of the Center for Scientific and Growth Technology and genetic cloning program).

Established in 1985.

Sanctions

Designated by the U.N. Security Council on June 9, 2010, pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), as an entity involved in or supporting Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze assets that are owned or controlled by the entity, directly or indirectly, and to ensure that assets are not made available to the entity.

Previously removed from the U.N. list on October 18, 2023, following the expiration of targeted sanctions on Iran; returned to the U.N. list on September 28, 2025, as part of the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.

Listed by the European Union on June 24, 2008, as an entity linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must freeze assets owned or controlled by the entity, directly or indirectly, and prevent assets from being made available to it.

Added on July 12, 2012, to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and their delivery systems; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, which restrict the use of the U.S. financial system for transactions involving Iranian entities.

Foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity may be subject to U.S. sanctions; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the entity may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States; subject to heightened U.S. export license requirements (with a presumption of denial) due to involvement in activities related to WMD proliferation.

Sanctioned by the governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom, restricting business and/or financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries.

Listed by the Japanese government in 2025 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to missiles and nuclear weapons.

Listed by the British government in 2015 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, but removed in 2017 after the U.K. withdrew its Iran list.