Sci & Tech
Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.
September 27, 2022 18:15
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April 11,2021Iran's Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies provided 1.4 trillion rials ($5.6 million) in loans to startups and tech firms in the last Iranian year that ended on March 20, 2021.... -
April 09,2021President Hassan Rouhani launched several technology development projects worth 34 trillion rials ($135 million) on Thursday to create jobs and promote self-sufficiency. Rouhani inaugurated the...
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April 06,2021Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has joined the University of Tehran to launch two innovation centers for expanding startup and knowledge-based ecosystems focused on...
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April 04,2021The Academic Center for Education Culture and Research has designed 14 tech projects for the current Iranian year (started March 21) to promote modern agriculture and livestock breeding. Darab...
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April 02,2021Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has released a report surveying the development of telecom infrastructure during the nine months to Dec. 20, 2020. CRA’s report presents a detailed...
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March 16,2021Over 90% of rural areas in the western province of Hamedan will be linked to high-speed mobile internet by early May, according to Information and Communications Technologies Minister Mohammad...
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March 15,2021Iranian academics are urging authorities and farmers to employ nanotechnology for modernizing the agricultural sector and curbing water use. Alireza Allafchian, deputy director of Isfahan...
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March 12,2021State-affiliated Iran National Innovation Fund has lent 50 trillion rials ($201.61 million) to knowledge-based businesses in the current Iranian year (ending March 20). Ali Vahdat, the head of...
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March 09,2021The revenues of Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies have exceeded $12 billion annually, Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says. The vice president added that...
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March 07,2021The state-backed Iran National Innovation Fund has lent 40 trillion rials ($161.29 million) to knowledge-based companies and startups in the current Iranian year (ending March 20). According to...
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March 05,2021Iran’s House of Innovation and Technology Exports was launched on Tuesday in Damascus, Syria, to boost scientific and economic relations. The opening ceremony was attended by Iran’s Vice President...
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March 02,2021The University of Tehran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences have joined hands to establish a mega technology center called Knowledge City in the capital, the head of UT’s Science and...
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February 28,2021Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has inaugurated 57 tech-based projects to boost the role of the technology in industrial fields. During an event held at the Iranian...
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February 26,2021Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has signed an agreement with a knowledge-based company to implement a plan for incorporating modern technologies in agriculture. Vice...
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February 26,2021SpaceX has fired up its newest Starship prototype for the second time, continuing the vehicle's test-flight prep.
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February 21,2021The 13th Iran Web and Mobile Festival wrapped up on Friday by introducing Iran’s top startups and entrepreneurs. Unlike previous years, the event was held online due to Covid-19. Iran’s startups...
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February 19,2021While detailing government efforts for expansion of ICT infrastructure in rural areas, the minister of communications and information technologies said all villages in Zanjan Province will be...
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February 16,2021The share of tech firms in Iran’s GDP has been increasing exponentially and is expected to hit 10% in the coming years, an official with Iran’s National Innovation Fund said. Mohammad Sadeq...
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February 14,2021The Iranian government has invested 2.07 trillion rials ($7.85 million) in the expansion of ICT infrastructure in the western province of Qazvin, making it a prototypical project of its kind. ICT...
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February 07,2021Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology is planning to launch innovation houses in all provinces in collaboration with private investors to promote the startup ecosystem. ...
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February 05,2021Several technology centers have been launched in the shrine city of Mashhad, the provincial center of Khorasan Razavi, to boost the local startup ecosystem. During a Tuesday trip to the city, Vice...
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February 02,2021Iranian banks have lent 191 trillion rials ($779.6 million) to 763 startups and knowledge-based companies during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 2020). Based on a recent...
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February 02,2021Iran’s state TV on Monday released footage of test launch of a new satellite launch vehicle named Zoljanah. Ahmad Hosseini, spokesman for the Defense Ministry’s Space Department, told IRIB4 that...
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January 31,2021The state-backed Omid Entrepreneurship Fund has paid 28 trillion rials ($112 million) in loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises, knowledge-based companies and startups since the beginning of...
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January 29,2021Iran has launched a tech hub in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to provide a platform for exchanging tech ideas and facilitate trade. Called Iran’s House of Innovation and Tech (HIT for short), the...
