Zamyad. (Persian: خودروسازی زامیاد, Xudrusazi-ye Zamyad) is an Iranian commercial vehicle manufacturing company. It was founded in 1963 as part of the RENA Industrial Group in Tehran.[1] In 1963, the company began producing Volvo N-Model trucks.[2] and in 1970 started production of Nissan Junior 2000 pickup. In 1998 SAIPA took over the Zamyad company, who then undertook the production of the Z24, a license built version of the 1970-1980 Nissan Junior with a 2.4-litre engine. Since 2003, this truck is sold under the Zamyad brand.[3] Zamyad produces a rebodied version of the Z24 called the Shooka.

Nissan Junior 3rd generation (Zamyad 24), Iranian built photographed in Tehran, Iran.

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The company's manufacturing plant in south-east Tehran was the focus of a 2006 study of the use of treated wastewater in agriculture.[4]

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  1. ^ "Zamyad". www.zamyad.ir/. Iran Exports Magazine. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  2. ^ "Volvo in Iran". Volvo. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  3. ^ World of Cars 2006·2007. Warsaw, Poland: Media Connection Sp. z o.o. 2006. pp. 156–157.
  4. ^ Massoudinejad, M. R. (September 2006). "Study on the Reuse of Zamyad Factory Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent in Irrigation". Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering. 3 (4). Retrieved 2007-09-28.

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