“Iran Khodro Company (in Persian: ایران خودرو), also known as IKCO, is the leading Iranian vehicle manufacturer, with headquarters in Tehran.[5] The company’s original name was Iran National. IKCO was founded in 1962 and it produced 688,000 passenger cars in 2009.[6] IKCO manufactures vehicles, including Samand, Peugeot and Renault cars, and trucks, minibuses and buses…The company has become the largest vehicle manufacturer in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.”