Sci & Tech
Read the latest news about Iran's technology industries, from startups, mobile networks, innovative companies and e-commerce.
April 05, 2020 21:12
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February 02,2020Iran will launch four satellites in the next fiscal year (starting March 20, 2010), Iran Space Agency chief announced. Morteza Barari also told Tasnim News Agency that Iran will launch two remote... -
February 02,2020A five-year plan for developing Iran’s digital economy and its details were discussed in a meeting of the High Council of Cyberspace held in Tehran on Saturday. The results of the meeting,... -
January 31,2020A panel of experts convened in Qazvin, 143 kilometers west of Tehran, late January to shortlist candidates for Iran Web and Mobile Festival awards, the winners of which will be determined by... -
January 31,2020Iran National Innovation Fund is to switch from conventional funding to venture capital investment for supporting fledgling startups and tech companies. According to Siavash Malekifar, an INIF... -
January 26,2020In a move to broaden the country's foreign ties in the field of science and technology, an Iranian delegation visited Turkey during the weekend and discussed ways of expanding tech collaborations... -
January 26,2020Iran has six satellites ready for launch, the ICT minister tweeted late on Saturday. -
January 24,2020The Ninth Technical Smart City Exhibition held at Mashhad International Exhibition Center in Khorasan Razavi Province mainly focused on smart solutions to urban management issues. The four-day... -
January 21,2020State authorities have recently zeroed in on tech infrastructure in Karaj, the provincial center of Alborz, to further develop the technology ecosystem in the metropolis. The move, which is in... -
January 19,2020The University of Science and Technology handed over two locally-developed satellites Zafar1 and Zafar2 to the Iranian Space Agency on Sunday. -
January 17,2020An official with Tehran Municipality criticized local communication operators said the quality of landline internet services needs to be enhanced in the capital. Farhoud Kazemi also spoke with... -
January 17,2020Satellite Zafar, designed by Iran University of Science and Technology, has been delivered to Iran Space Agency and is ready for launch. IUST Director Jabbar Ali Zakeri told Fars News Agency, “... -
January 14,2020The Iranian government is making more efforts to develop the technology ecosystem by overhauling unused infrastructures and repurposing them into workspaces. According to the Vice Presidential... -
January 12,2020Knowledge-based companies and startups in the Iranian technology ecosystem have set their sights on expanding their activities in the healthcare and medical sectors. In line with the government's... -
January 10,2020SpaceX and NASA are working together to blow up a rocket over the Atlantic Ocean. The experiment, called an in-flight abort test, will likely lead to the destruction of a Falcon 9 rocket in what... -
January 10,2020Iran Communications Regulatory Authority said on Friday it has blocked over 217,000 phone numbers of advertisement senders from November 2017 to Jan. 10, 2020, for combating annoying text messages... -
January 07,2020Transforming megacities into more sustainable and livable places with the help of smart technologies and the internet of things has gained momentum in Iran, as the government has invested heavily... -
January 07,2020SpaceX kicked off 2020 with the record-breaking launch of its third batch of Starlink satellites. Sixty of the internet-beaming satellites launched atop a used Falcon 9 booster on Monday. -
January 05,2020Iranian cloud service provider Arvan Cloud has set up a platform that helps monitor the availability of internet services in the country. -
January 05,2020Food delivery company Chilivery is in investment talks with Iran’s major e-commerce platform Digikala. Recently, Iranian social media users were abuzz about Digikala having acquired Chilivery.... -
January 05,2020SpaceX's newly redesigned prototype of its Mars-colonizing Starship craft could get off the ground for the first time just two or three months from now, company founder and CEO, Elon Musk, said. -
January 05,2020Iranian knowledge-based companies and tech firms have earned 1 quadrillion rials ($7.4 billion) from the export of technological products in the first half of the current Iranian year (started... -
January 03,2020The Central Bank of Iran and Post Bank of Iran, affiliated to ICT Ministry, will invest 2 trillion rials ($14.8 million) in the domestic production of smartphones to curb dependence on foreign... -
December 31,2019Iranian tech firms signed 12 agreements worth 3.21 trillion rials ($24.3 million) with state institutions during the Second Testa Reverse Exhibition held at Tehran's International Fairground in... -
December 29,2019Major Iranian video streaming services and the state-run broadcaster IRIB have reached a preliminary agreement over regulating the distribution of multimedia content on the web. -
December 29,2019Two tech firms at South Khorasan Province's Technology Park have signed 10 agreements with local executive offices and organizations, collectively worth 95 billion rials ($720,000). The deals were...
