Sci & Tech
Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.
July 21, 2023 16:34
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October 08,2021Iran's Information and Communications Technologies Ministry has announced that by March 2023, all populated villages throughout the country will have access to high-speed internet. ICT Minister... -
October 02,2021Following in the footsteps of Tehran, major Iranian cities such as Karaj, Tabriz and Yazd are establishing technology centers, which are expected to boost their startup ecosystems. In Karaj, the...
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September 29,2021The Iran National Innovation Fund, backed by the government, has laid the groundwork for the general public to make micro-investment in startups and technology firms. According to Ali Nazemi, INIF...
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September 27,2021Pardis Technology Park, located in east Tehran, has signed an agreement with the National Petrochemical Company to help indigenize its technologies, equipment and materials. During a meeting at...
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September 25,2021The technology ecosystem and a domestic copper company signed seven contracts totaling 500 billion rials ($1.8 million) with the help of the state-backed Iran National Innovation Fund. Shahid...
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September 22,2021Two universities in the southern provinces of Kerman and Fars have established tech centers, which will enhance academic efforts to strengthen the country’s technology ecosystem. The first project...
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September 20,2021After three days in space, SpaceX's first all-civilian crew returned to Earth tonight, splashing down off the Florida coast to end a historic mission.
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September 20,2021Iran National Innovation Fund, affiliated with the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology, has extended loans worth 170 trillion rials ($618 million) to support the technology...
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September 18,2021The Vice Presidential Office of Science and Technology has held 384 educational courses in a range of subjects to assist the development of tech-based firms and startups. The educational and...
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September 15,2021Only one-third of Iran’s land area is suitable for farming, but because of poor soil and lack of water, only 12% of this area are under cultivation (arable land, orchards and vineyards). Less than...
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September 13,2021The government has injected 30 trillion rials ($111 million) into the Iran National Innovation Fund to strengthen the domestic knowledge-based ecosystem. Aside from the capital injection, the fund...
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September 11,2021Telecommunications Company of Iran, Iran's top fixed-line operator, announced that it has linked over 45,000 schools to the internet in the last 18 months. TCI CEO Majid Soltani told ISNA that his...
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September 11,2021KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile provider, has emerged as one of SpaceX's partners in rolling out high-speed wireless coverage via satellites, Nikkei has learned, part of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's...
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September 08,2021Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran in February 2020, local tech-based enterprises have stepped up efforts to help fight the deadly disease. Like many other countries in the...
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September 06,2021Four local banks have reached a multilateral deal with the state-backed Iran National Innovation Fund to provide low-interest loans worth 10 trillion rials ($37 million) to emerging knowledge-based...
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September 04,2021Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has released a report on telecom infrastructure development in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21). CRA’s report covers both...
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September 01,2021Iran's Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology is in talks to establish technology hubs in Iraq and Turkey, the two neighboring states, to boost the country's tech exports. Rouhollah...
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August 30,2021Support for Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies had been high on the agenda of the former president, Hassan Rouhani, during his eight-year tenure that started in 2013. Government...
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August 28,2021Iran's newly-appointed minister of information and communications technologies declared that the National Information Network project will be completed in four years. Isa Zarepour added that NIN...
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August 25,2021Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology have inaugurated several tech projects in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan to boost its technological ecosystem. During a...
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August 23,2021The annual report published by Digikala, a domestic prototype of Amazon in Iran and one of the country's leading online retailers, casts light on Iran’s e-commerce scene in the previous Iranian...
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August 21,2021Post Bank of Iran has signed an agreement with several state entities to promote the indigenization of technologies of banking and postal services in the country’s less developed areas with the...
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August 13,2021A backlash over Apple's move to scan US customer phones and computers for child abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for its...
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August 13,2021Iran's Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies has poured heavy investment in expanding ICT infrastructure across the country to improve the quality of life in rural regions. The...
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August 10,2021An Iranian knowledge-based company, Rah Rooyesh Raad, has developed new agricultural technology solutions to expand the horizons of conventional farming. Early this week, the firm introduced two...
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