Pasargad Arian Communication and Information Technology Co

Fanap (Persian: فناپ فناوری اطلاعات و ارتباطات پاسارگاد آریان, lit. 'Aryan Pasargad Information and Communication Technology') is an Iranian information technology corporation owned by the semi-public Pasargad Bank Financial Group.

Its facial recognition source code database used by Iranian law enforcement's FARAJA police was hacked, resulting in a 20 GiB dump in August 2023.^[1]

Pasargad Arian Communication and Information Technology Co

Industry	Conglomerate, fintech
Founded	2003-2004[2]
Headquarters	Tehran
Number of employees	4000-7000

An IPO is expected for Fanap.^[2]

Timeline

In 2023, the company secured a deal to build a data center for Tebyan, which is owned by the Iranian government's Islamic Development Organization.^[3]

Fanap offered an education grant to the top 5,000 students nationally ranked in the Iranian university entrance exam to study at the private college Khatam University.^[4]

In August 2023, its surveillance software product, used by the Iranian government, was released after a breach in a 20GB file.^[5]

Sub Divisions

• Neshan maps a Pod integrated communication product^[6]
• Podro or Padro - delivery and postal mail corporation^[7]
• Behnama - facial recognition^[1]
• Fanap tech: It also runs an innovation factory in Arvand, Khuzestan.^[8][9]
• Abr Arvan (ArvanCloud)
• Fanap payment
• Pasargad Electronic Payment a PSP
• Zitel ISP
• Dotin a programming firm
• Baran telecom^[10]
• WePod the banking app
• Trigup accelerator (fintechtrigup)^[11]
• Fundorun crowdfunding/crowdsourcing^[12]
• health tech^[13]
• Shahreketab book shopping^[14]