Iran Pursuing Joint Production of Civil Helicopters

The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization plans to launch the production of civil helicopters to meet domestic demand for emergency operations during natural disasters. 
Recently, an agreement was signed between IDRO and an unnamed European helicopter manufacturer, "which defines the financial mechanism for the establishment of a joint Iranian-European company to produce civil choppers", IDRO's Vice President Behzad Etemadi was quoted as saying by IRIB.