The Simorq or Simorgh ( fa, سیمرغ) is the first

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designed and produced in

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. It was designed by students of

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The vehicle was entered in the 3rd Iranian Machine Design Competition and ranked 1st in industrial design and technical design.Seminar for introduction of Simorq
Persian

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