Tech Initiatives for 3 Cities

Tech parks are sprouting throughout Iran, with officials pouring resources into the projects for boosting the country’s tech ecosystem.
Several technology projects are on track in major Iranian cities, including an innovation factory in the shrine city of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, along with tech infrastructural projects in Semnan, the center of the namesake province, and in Gorgan, Golestan province.
Mashhad’s Mayor Mohammad Reza Kalaei said a new innovation factory will be launched in the city this week, Shahrara news reported.
Located near Ferdowsi University, the factory is spread over 12,000 square meters.
“An abandoned soft drinks factory has been repurposed and retrofitted. The factory offers shared workspace, laboratory, innovation rooms for children, training hall, amphitheater, content development class, network development service center and a café,” Kalaei said. 
“The former soft drinks factory is one of the oldest industrial constructions in the city. Turning a literally idle space into a center for nourishing the youth’s innovative ideas is an unparalleled event in the history of Mashhad.”
The mayor noted that the factory is set to commercialize the business ideas of startup teams and generate income for the teams and added value for the city.