Sci & Tech
Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.
November 28, 2021 18:11
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April 26,2020The growth of Iranian technology ecosystem is expected to speed up, as the number of startup accelerators is on the rise. Mehdi Azimian, an official with the Vice Presidential Office for Science... -
April 21,2020Iranian technology ecosystem has moved to the frontier of those combating the novel coronavirus, by working on treatment and vaccination, the vice president for science and technology said.
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April 19,2020The International Innovation and Technology Complex has been inaugurated in Tehran in line with measures to strengthen the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus.
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April 17,2020Bolstering the production and export of knowledge-based products is high on the agenda for the current Iranian year (started March 20), Industries Minister Reza Rahmani said. Speaking to Tasnim...
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April 14,2020An Iranian startup reports that the number of trips made during Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 20-April 3) observed a sharp fall compared to last year. Neshan is a popular homegrown...
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April 14,2020The government-affiliated Information and Communication Technologies Guild Organization is planning to pay loans to the tune of 20 billion rials ($123,000) to ICT companies. The move is aimed at...
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April 12,2020State-backed Iran National Innovation Fund is planning to loan 45 trillion rials ($277.7 million) to knowledge-based companies and tech firms in the current fiscal year (ending March 2021).
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April 10,2020Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms have stepped forward to produce health protective items needed to combat the novel coronavirus rapidly spreading in the country.
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April 07,2020State-backed Iran National Innovation Fund has invested 140 billion rials ($875,000) in nanotechnology firms to boost the domestic production of health-protective items used for shielding against...
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April 05,2020Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms earned 1.2 quadrillion rials ($7.2 billion) from the export of technological products in the last Iranian year (ended March 19), an official at the...
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April 03,2020Tehran Municipality has offered to help startups affected by the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in Iran. TM’s Information and Communication Technologies Organization announced on Wednesday...
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March 17,2020The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran since mid-February has hampered the activities of a large number of tech firms and startups and darkened their ecosystem’s prospects, as they struggle...
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March 15,2020Iran has been working hard to expand its tech infrastructure to help boost startups and knowledge-based companies over the past several years. In line with this initiative, the government placed...
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March 13,2020The government-based Iran National Innovation Fund is planning to pay 50 trillion rials ($322.5 million) in loans to knowledge-based companies and tech firms to help boost their operations.
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March 10,2020Tehran-based Tarbiat Modares University has developed its science and technology park, expanding facilities for startups and promoting the tech ecosystem. Supported by the university and the Vice...
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March 08,2020SpaceX successfully launched an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft for NASA on March 6, sending fresh supplies toward the International Space Station and undertaking another rocket landing, the 50th for...
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March 08,2020Iran E-Commerce Union has issued a statement calling on the public and officials to tap the potentials of online businesses amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus throughout the country, in an...
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March 03,2020In an effort to upgrade urban services via the internet of things, smart technologies and innovative ideas, Tehran Municipality is planning to tap into the potentials of local startups. TM plans...
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March 01,2020Iranian officials have been making efforts to develop the technology ecosystem by setting up tech parks and innovation factories, providing equipped working spaces to talented, young experts and...
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February 28,2020An innovation center called Khayyam has been inaugurated in the holy city of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, to convert smart ideas into businesses and establish links between knowledge-based...
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February 25,2020Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology and Imam Khomeini Relief Committee have launched an initiative to identify tech aficionados from less-well-off economic background. The...
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February 23,2020The development of technology ecosystem and realization of digital economy have been high on the Iranian government’s agenda, such that the Central Bank of Iran recently announced its full support...
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February 21,2020Children account for 31% of videogamers living in Iran. The fact flies in the face of public belief that playing videogames is a pastime of youngsters. Iran’s Digital Games Research Center has...
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February 18,2020Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its fifth batch of 60 Starlink satellites Monday morning, another step toward Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband internet service...
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February 18,2020A group of state institutions has launched an initiative to grant financial support to 100 startups per year to help them flourish. Comprised of the Vice Presidential Office for Science and...
