en Civil Aviation Organization (Iran)

Civil Aviation Authority of Iran
Abbreviation	CAA.IRI
Formation	1946
Legal status	Statutory Corporation
Purpose	Aviation Regulator
Location	Tehran-Mehrabad Airport "Main Office";
Region served	Iran
Chief Executive	Hossein Pourfarzaneh
Parent organization	Ministry of Roads and Transportation of Iran;
Subsidiaries	Iranian Airports Holding Company;
Website	en.caa.gov.ir

The Civil Aviation Authority of Islamic Republic of Iran^[2] (CAA.IRI), (Persian: سازمان هواپیمایی کشوری جمهوری اسلامی ایران^[3] ) is Iran's civil aviation agency. It is the statutory corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in Iran. The organization was established in July 1946 and its headquartered at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran.^[3] It investigates aviation accidents and incidents in Iran.^[4]

Responsibilities

The CAA.IRI responsibilities are:

Iran's skies Rules and Regulation
Professional and private pilots
Licensed aircraft engineers
Air traffic controllers
Airlines
Licensed aerodromes
Organisations involved in the design (DO), production (PO), continuing airworthiness management (CAMO) and maintenance (AMO) of aeronautical products
Organisations involved in the training of pilot (ATO), air traffic controller and maintenance engineer (MTO)
Aircraft registered in Iran
Aero-Medical Centres (AeMC)

Beechcraft F33C Bonanza: Flight Service, registration mark EP-BAO. Derelict at Arak Airport^[5]
Dassault Falcon (Mystere) 20E: Flight Calibration Service, registration mark EP-FIC (since 09 Sep 1975).^[6] Crashed while performing navigational aide calibration at Kish International Airport on 3 March 2014.^[7]
Dassault Falcon 2000EX: Flight Calibration Service, registration mark EP-FSC^[8]
Rockwell 500S Shrike Commander: Registration mark EP-MAA,^[9] scrapped at Tehran-Ghaleh Morghi Airport in 2011.^[10]