Khojir ( fa, خجير, also

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d as Khojīr and Ḩajīr) is a village in Saidabad Rural District, in the

Jajrud District Jajrud District ( fa, بخش جاجرود) is a district (bakhsh) in Pardis County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 74,001, in 20,443 families. The District has no cities. The District has two rural district Rural ...

Pardis County Pardis County ( fa, شهرستان پردیس) is located in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is Pardis. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Tehran County was 85,201, in 23,776 households. Retrieved 15 Novem ...

, Tehran Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 579, with 159 families. Khojir has given its name to

Khojir National Park Khojir National Park is the oldest protected area in Iran, located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains east of Tehran in Tehran Province. It was established as a wildlife reserve in 1979 and promoted to national park in 1982. It covers ...

, which lies between Road 79 (Iran) and

Road 44 (Iran) Road 44 is a major road in Iran linking Tehran and Mashhad. This road is mostly an Expressway and is a part of the Asian Highway 1 route. This road is one of the most important and strategic main roads of the country since it connects the traffic ...

Missile production complex

Khojir houses a missile production complex, which is closely linked with the military facility at

Parchin Parchin ( fa, پارچین) is an Iranian military complex, located about southeast of Tehran. It is closely linked with the Khojir missile production complex. Geography Parchin is located on the bank of the Jajrud (river). History M ...

. The installation at Khojir produces both liquid propellant and solid propellant. The "vast" Khojir complex is owned by the

Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group ''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...

. In late June 2020, a blast at the facility lit up the night sky in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. The main buildings at the missile production centre appeared undamaged.

References

Populated places in Pardis County {{TehranCounty-geo-stub