Sci & Tech

Urban authorities, tech enthusiasts and startup owners gathered in Tehran on Monday to discuss smart solutions for overhauling location-based urban services.

To outline plans for the 25th International Exhibition of Electronics, Computers and e-Commerce (Elecomp 2019), Iran IT Organization and the ICT Guild Organization held a conference in Tehran on…

Iran National Innovation Fund intends to offer local knowledge-based companies aid packages to the tune of 500 billion rials ($3.8 million) in the form of loans to empower tech companies in the…

As part of a move to curb unwanted and annoying text message ads, Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has blocked over 131,000 cellphone numbers since November 2017, when an automated…

Startups and tech firms active in space science gathered for a three-day event in Tehran on July 7 to review challenges and opportunities in the field. Jointly organized by Iranian Space Agency…

The Seoul Metropolitan Government, widely acclaimed as a success story in implementing e-governance and now a leading force behind promoting the concept of smart city, is eager to join hands…

Iran will develop three satellites before the end of the current fiscal year (March 19, 2020) comes to an end, Iranian Space Agency’s chief said. “Despite [US] sanctions against Tehran, Iran is…

Telecommunications Company of Iran, the country’s sole landline service provider, has stopped issuing paper bills in eight provinces and is on track to switch to electronic billing nationwide.…

Several Iranian cities are set to host provincial editions of the 12th Iran Web and Mobile Festival, a nationwide contest for local online businesses, in February 2020. The event was to be held…

Iranian knowledge-based companies will participate in International Telecommunications Union's Telecom World 2019 exhibition (known as ITU Telecom World 2019) taking place on Sept. 9-12 in…

Iran-Germany Chamber of Industry and Commerce has signed an agreement with Tehran-based IT Guild Organization to help develop information and communication technologies.

As of Thursday, an unidentified entity deploying jammers has disrupted GPS services in Tehran, a deputy ICT minister says. Hossein Fallah, who also serves as director of Communications…

An Iranian delegation will visit Russia from July 9 to 14 to discuss ways of expanding bilateral ties in the field of technology.

Iran and China should stand united against the United States’ unilateralism and hegemonistic ambitions. Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi…

Iran's Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has allocated a 300-billion-rial ($2.2 million) budget for the completion of the unfinished Iran National Observatory in Kashan,…

Shiraz in Fars Province will get an innovation factory based on a multilateral deal signed this week.

A new locally developed smartphone application called Kangaroo aims to help parents nurture their kids via the latest psychological methods.  The developers say the app will improve and…

Iran is attending the Asia-Pacific ICT Ministerial Meeting 2019 (APT-MM 2019) that opened on Tuesday in Singapore. Jointly founded by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia…

Tehran Fire Department has called on technology firms to devise smart solutions and products to help the department upgrade its rescue services and equipment.  Mehdi Davari, the head of…

With the Iranian economy in shambles and the shadow of war looming on the horizon, a large segment of the young workforce employed in the Iranian startup ecosystem is mulling immigration. The…

Pardis Technology Park in Tehran has established the Asia-Pacific Startup Network, an online platform for promoting technology startups and programs, with the aim of developing collaboration…

Suitcase imports of cellphones have been pushed to new high in Iran by a hodgepodge of state policies, in addition to the reimposition of harsh US sanctions against Tehran, in the past few…

Iran's National Innovation Fund has offered 2.69 trillion rials ($19.9 million) in loans to help emerging startups flourish during February-May.  Siavash Malekifar, the deputy head of INIF…

A local knowledge-based company has produced a smart hospital bed that  facilitate treatment and recovery processes for physicians, nurses and patients.

Iran’s ICT minister says the United States’ belligerence has proved harmful for global trade and stability. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi made the statement during a meeting with Mikhail Mamonov…