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…
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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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
As the novel coronavirus resurges in Iran, local knowledge-based and tech firms have upped the ante in the fight against the lethal disease.
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Communication infrastructures have covered 100% of Iranian metropolitan areas and 95% of rural districts, information and communications technologies minister said.
