Iran Khodro (Persian: ایران‌خودرو‎‎), branded as IKCO, is an Iranian multinational automaker headquartered in Tehran. The company's original name was Iran National (Persian: ایران ناسیونال). IKCO was founded in 1962 and it produced 688,000 passenger cars in 2009. IKCO manufactures vehicles, including Samand, Peugeot and Renault cars, and trucks, minibuses and buses.