(base map from NASA/MODIS)

Facility list (number indicates location on map):

Nuclear:

• 1. Bonab (38°26'N, 45°54'E)--Bonab Atomic Energy Research Center, unsafeguarded nuclear research facility
• 3. Chalus (36°39'N, 51°25'E)--possible underground facility for nuclear weapons development
• 5. Karaj (35°49'N, 51°00'E)--Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, laser enrichment equipment
• 5. Kolahdouz (35°44'N, 50°51'E)--possible nuclear weapons development facility
• 6. Tehran (35°42'N, 51°25'E)--
  • Kalaye Electric Company (35°44'N, 51°34'E), centrifuge enrichment research facility under construction; former pilot enrichment facility
  • Lavisan Shiyan Technical Research Center (35°46'20"N, 51°30'00"E), unknown nuclear research, facility razed in 2004
  • Sharif University of Technology (35°42'10"N, 51°21'20"E), nuclear research facility
  • Tehran Nuclear Research Center:
    • Jabr Ibn Hayan Multipurpose Laboratories (35°44'22"N, 51°23'18"E), experimental plutonium separation and uranium processing
    • Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Facility (35°44'22"N, 51°23'18"E), nuclear research facility
    • Tehran Research Reactor (35°44'18"N, 51°23'17"E), 5 MW light water research reactor, LEU fuel (116 kg of fuel, 20% U-235), experimental irradiation of uranium targets, under IAEA safeguards
    • laser enrichment plant
• 7. Parchin (35°32'00"N, 51°45'07"E)--suspected testing of explosive assemblies for nuclear weapons
• 10. Arak--
  • Arak Heavy Water Facility (34°22'12"N, 49°14'41"E), production of heavy water for nuclear reactors
  • IR-40 (34°22'21"N, 49°14'26"E), plutonium production reactor under construction
• 11. Natanz--
  • Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (33°43'33"N, 51°43'21"E), operational pilot uranium enrichment plant, 12,000 m² above ground facility
  • Fuel Enrichment Plant (33°43'32"N, 51°43'41"E), uranium enrichment plant under construction, 60,000 m² underground facility
• 12. Esfahan--Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center (32°34'51"N, 51°49'38"E):
  • Miniaturized Neutron Source Reactor, 30 kW light water research reactor, operational, HEU fuel (90% U-235), under IAEA safeguards
  • Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor, 100 W heavy water research reactor, operational, unenriched fuel (0.7% U-235), under IAEA safeguards
  • Light Water Sub-Critical Reactor, research reactor, operational
  • operational pilot fuel fabrication plant; fuel fabrication plant under contruction (32°34'42"N, 51°49'39"E)
  • underground facilities under construction (32°35'15"N, 51°47'49"E and 32°35'26"N, 51°49'04"E)
• 13. Yazd (32°29'N, 55°24'E)--uranium mining and milling
• 14. Darkhovin (30°44'N, 48°26'E)--possible underground facility for nuclear weapons development
• 17. Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant--
  • BNPP Unit 1 (28°49'46"N, 50°53'08"E)--near completion, 1 GW light reactor, LEU fuel (5% U-235)
  • BNPP Unit 2 (28°49'38"N, 50°53'17"E)--under construction, 1.3 GW reactor
• 25. Neka (36°39'N, 53°18'E)--Gorgan al-Kabir Center, possible nuclear research facility

Chemical/biological weapon-related:

• 2. Tabriz (38°05'N, 46°15'E)--possible biological weapons storage
• 4. Qazvin (36°15'N, 50°01'E)--nerve gas production
• 5. Karaj (35°49'N, 51°00'E)--chemical weapons production and storage; possible bioweapons research at Razi Institute
• 6. Tehran (35°42'N, 51°25'E)--possible bioweapons research at Pasteur Institute and Biotechnology Department of IROST
• 7. Parchin--chemical weapons production (35°31'32"N, 51°46'29"E and 35°32'59"N, 51°46'02"E)
• 8. Damghan (36°10'N, 54°20'E)--production of chemical warheads for artillery shells and Scud missiles
• 12. Esfahan (32°39'N, 51°40'E)--chemical weapons production
• 15. Bandar Khomeini (30°25'N, 49°04'E)--chemical weapons production
• 16. Mahshar (30°28'N, 49°11'E)--possible chemical weapons production
• 18. Marvdasht (29°36'50"N, 52°32'20"E)--mustard gas production
• 20. Abu Musu Island (25°52'31"N, 55°01'58"E)--chemical/biological weapons storage

Missile sites

• 9. Bakhtaran (34°22'N, 46°52'E)--possible underground launch site for Shahab-3 IRBMs
• 19. Sirri Island (25°55'N, 54°32'E)--HY-2/CSS-C-3 Seersucker ASCMs
• 20. Abu Musu Island (25°52'31"N, 55°01'58"E)--HY-2/CSS-C-3 Seersucker ASCMs; YJ-2/CSS-C-8 Saccade ASCMs
• 21. Queshm Island (26°58'N, 56°16'E)--hardened launch site for YJ-2/CSS-C-8 Saccade ASCMs; HY-1/CSS-C-2 Silkworm ASCMs; HY-2/CSS-C-3 Seersucker ASCMs
• 22. Kuhestak (26°48'N, 57°01'E)--hardened launch site for YJ-2/CSS-C-8 Saccade ASCMs
• 23. Bandar Abbas (27°09'N, 56°12'E)--launch site for HY-1/CSS-C-2 Silkworm ASCMs
• 24. Shahrud (36°26'N, 55°04'E)--testing site for Shahab-3 IRBMs

Based on data from: Global Security.org, IAEA, CNS, CSIS, NTI, FAS, Google Earth.

© 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 9 March 2006.
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