Sci & Tech

The International Innovation and Technology Complex has been inaugurated in Tehran in line with measures to strengthen the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus.

Bolstering the production and export of knowledge-based products is high on the agenda for the current Iranian year (started March 20), Industries Minister Reza Rahmani said. Speaking to Tasnim…

The government-affiliated Information and Communication Technologies Guild Organization is planning to pay loans to the tune of 20 billion rials ($123,000) to ICT companies.

An Iranian startup reports that the number of trips made during Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 20-April 3) observed a sharp fall compared to last year.  Neshan is a popular…

State-backed Iran National Innovation Fund is planning to loan 45 trillion rials ($277.7 million) to knowledge-based companies and tech firms in the current fiscal year (ending March 2021). The…

Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms have stepped forward to produce health protective items needed to combat the novel coronavirus rapidly spreading in the country. On Thursday,…

State-backed Iran National Innovation Fund has invested 140 billion rials ($875,000) in nanotechnology firms to boost the domestic production of health-protective items used for shielding…

Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms earned 1.2 quadrillion rials ($7.2 billion) from the export of technological products in the last Iranian year (ended March 19), an official at…

Tehran Municipality has offered to help startups affected by the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in Iran. TM’s Information and Communication Technologies Organization announced on…

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran since mid-February has hampered the activities of a large number of tech firms and startups and darkened their ecosystem’s prospects, as they…

Iran has been working hard to expand its tech infrastructure to help boost startups and knowledge-based companies over the past several years. 

The government-based Iran National Innovation Fund is planning to pay 50 trillion rials ($322.5 million) in loans to knowledge-based companies and tech firms to help boost their operations.…

Tehran-based Tarbiat Modares University has developed its science and technology park, expanding facilities for startups and promoting the tech ecosystem.

SpaceX successfully launched an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft for NASA on March 6, sending fresh supplies toward the International Space Station and undertaking another rocket landing, the 50th for…

Iran E-Commerce Union has issued a statement calling on the public and officials to tap the potentials of online businesses amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus throughout the country, in…

In an effort to upgrade urban services via the internet of things, smart technologies and innovative ideas, Tehran Municipality is planning to tap into the potentials of local startups.

Iranian officials have been making efforts to develop the technology ecosystem by setting up tech parks and innovation factories, providing equipped working spaces to talented, young experts and…

An innovation center called Khayyam has been inaugurated in the holy city of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, to convert smart ideas into businesses and establish links between knowledge-based…

Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology and Imam Khomeini Relief Committee have launched an initiative to identify tech aficionados from less-well-off economic background.…

The development of technology ecosystem and realization of digital economy have been high on the Iranian government’s agenda, such that the Central Bank of Iran recently announced its full…

Children account for 31% of videogamers living in Iran. The fact flies in the face of public belief that playing videogames is a pastime of youngsters. Iran’s Digital Games Research Center has…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its fifth batch of 60 Starlink satellites Monday morning, another step toward Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband internet service…

A group of state institutions has launched an initiative to grant financial support to 100 startups per year to help them flourish.

Iran's Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology is planning to help startups and knowledge-based companies tap the market potentials of regional countries like Russia and Uzbekistan…

Technologies Ministry to give subscribers the opportunity to assess operators. Launched on Thursday, the system called Netsanj Plus is available on Netsanjplus.ir. It presents a detailed…