The Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) is reporting that aside from inviting Turkey to take part in its space program, which aims to put a man in space by 2017, Iran has also started talks with Turkey to jointly produce a new car named the "D8". According to the news agency, the announcement was made by Iran Khodro Co. (IKCO) Managing Director Mohammed Javad Najmeddin.
The car is named after the Developing Eight (D-8), a group of emerging countries with large Muslim populations that have formed an economic development alliance, which include the Islamic Republic of Iran Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.