Sci & Tech

Iran'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…

President 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…

Iran’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…

The 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.

Iran’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…

Over 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…

Iranian academics are urging authorities and farmers to employ nanotechnology for modernizing the agricultural sector and curbing water use. Alireza Allafchian, deputy director of Isfahan…

State-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…

The revenues of Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies have exceeded $12 billion annually, Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says.

The 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…

Iran’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…

The 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…

Iran’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…

SpaceX has fired up its newest Starship prototype for the second time, continuing the vehicle's test-flight prep. Starship SN10 ignited its three Raptor engines for a few seconds on Feb. 25 at…

Iran’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.

The 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…

While 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…

The 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…

The 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.

Iran’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.…

Several 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,…

Iranian 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…

Iran’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…

The 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…

Iran 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),…