Morattab Land Rovers

Santana agreed a licence contract with Morattab to allow production of Santana Land Rover products in Iran.
In their factory at Farsi Morattab assembled Santana based 88" and 109" Series vehicles.
Major components arrived from Spain as Completely Knocked Down (CKD) kits.
According to sources, Morattab started production of Santana Land Rover licensed vehicles around 1970.
The Iranian Lightweight, although bearing a strong similarity to the Militar, was reported to be of almost 100% Iranian manufacture.
Currently, around 90% of the vehicle's content is manufactured in Iran.
However, Morattab has evolved separately from Santana, just as Santana did from Land Rover.
Santana sold on their Series IV / 2500 production line to Morattab around 1995.
Production volume in Iran in 2003 was 1,369 Station Wagon vehicles and 223 pick-ups.
Based on the Santana 2500 design, the modernized 3-door Pazhan 2400 GS / GSV station wagon and the 4-door Pazhan 2400 GD / GLD pick-up models were introduced in 1999, with the 5-door Pazhan 2400 GL station wagon added in 2000.
All the cars have 4x4 drive and Land Rover Defender style bodies, and are equipped with 2.4-litre 105 hp engines.
In 2004, the following versions were launched:
The 5-door Pazhan 3000 GLV station wagon, and the 5-seat Pazhan 3000 GLD / GLP pick-ups, equipped with a 3.0-litre 160 hp V6 power plant.

Sergey Semenov's Pazhan:

Mehrdad Mirhadi's Pazhan 3000 : 'Landy'

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