**SARBANES-OXLEY      ACT SECTION 302(a) CERTIFICATION**

| 1.   | I                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Argan,                Inc.; |
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| 2.   | Based                on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                of a                material fact or omit to state a materialfact                necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances                under                which such statements were made, not                misleading with respect to the period covered by this                report; |
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| 3.   | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this report, fairly present inall                material respects the financial condition, results of operations                and cash                flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented                in this report; |
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| 4.   | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for                establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures                (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), for the                registrant and have: |
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| a)   | Designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designedunder                our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to                the                registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,                is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly                during                the period in which this report                is being prepared; |
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| b)   | Evaluated                the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures                and presented in this report ourconclusions                about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,                as of                the end of the period covered by                this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                                   |
| c)   | Disclosed                in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over                financial reporting that occurred during the                registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or                is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s                internal control over financial reporting;                and                                                                                           |

| 5.   | The                registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our                most recent evaluation of internal controlover                financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee                of the registrant’s board of directors(or                persons performing the equivalent                functions): |
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| a)   | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financialreporting                which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability                to record, process, summarize and                report financial information; and |
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| b)                       | Any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the                registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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| Date:                June 12, 2008 | By:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | /s/ Rainer                Bosselmann                        |
|                               | Rainer                Bosselmann                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                               | Chairman                of the Board and Chief Executive                Officer                                                                                                                                               |