Sci & Tech

An IoT (internet of things) laboratory has been established in the University of Tehran’s Tech Park to accelerate the domestic tech sector’s growth. Meysam Yousefi, an official with the Tech…

The Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology pursues the strategic objectives of promoting the marketing of knowledge-based products and supporting the growing technological ecosystem…

New ICT development projects in the western province of Hamedan have connected all rural communities to high-speed internet, Information and Communications Technologies Minister Mohammad Javad…

Three innovation centers have been launched in Isfahan, in the namesake province, to boost the local tech ecosystem. During a Saturday trip to the city, Vice President for Science and…

The 10th International Innovation and Technology Exhibition of Iran (INOTEX 2021) wrapped up on Friday after naming the best startups. The event was launched on May 18 at Pardis Technology Park…

Virgin Galactic plans to reach space again this weekend. The company is targeting May 22 for the third crewed spaceflight of its SpaceShipTwo space plane VSS Unity, which is…

Communication infrastructures have covered 100% of Iranian metropolitan areas and 95% of rural districts, information and communications technologies minister said.

Iran's Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology plans to establish technology hubs in four states by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2022), in order to boost the country's…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new fleet of Starlink internet satellites into orbit, alongside two rideshare satellites on May 15, before sticking a stunning landing at sea.

Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has planned several agricultural technology (agritech) development projects to help promote a sustainable and more profitable farming…

The government-backed Iran National Innovation Fund plans to pay 100 trillion rials ($454 million) in loans to fledgling technology firms via banking system in the current Iranian year (started…

The year 2020 was a fruitful one for Iran's technology ecosystem, which earned about $1 billion in exports, according to the state-backed Iran National Innovation Fund. “The revenue was earned…

As the novel coronavirus resurges in Iran, local knowledge-based and tech firms have upped the ante in the fight against the lethal disease.

Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has released its annual report on telecom infrastructure development in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021). CRA’s report covers both…

Iranian technology companies have been tapped to play a bigger role in water and energy conservation projects. The Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has urged tech firms to…

Although large tracts of Iranian landmass are semi-arid, its key agricultural sector continues to pile pressure on surface and groundwater supplies. To lift the pressure off water supplies, a…

The state-run Iran National Innovation Fund has loaned 8 trillion rials ($33.75 million) to startups after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in mid-February 2020 to cushion the impact of the…

A used SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the company's Crew-2 mission docked successfully at the orbiting lab early on Saturday.…

Iran’s Information Technology Organization, affiliated with the ICT Ministry, has paid 919 billion rials ($3.83 million) in cheap loans to fledgling tech firms in 14 months since January 2019.…

Iranian knowledge-based companies held an online meeting with their Kenyan counterparts early this week to help bolster the development of information and communications technologies in the…

Iran’s agricultural sector is getting a tech boost with 20 projects coming on stream with the backing of Agriculture Ministry and the private sector. The ministry is supporting the project…

Three projects have been unveiled to transform the transportation network of Isfahan into a smart system. During an event on Sunday, urban managers in Isfahan unveiled Automatic Vehicle…

Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has launched technology centers in two Iranian cities to boost technological development and provide workspace for knowledge-based companies…

Iranian gamers spent 1.31 trillion rials ($5.24 million) on video games in the fiscal 2020-21, Iran’s Digital Games Research Center reported.  The center, affiliated with Iran Computer and…

Sales of Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies reached 1.8 quadrillion rials ($7.6 billion) in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2020), a senior official with the Vice Presidential…