Technology Projects Worth Over $17m Launched in Four Provinces

President Hassan Rouhani launched several technology development projects worth 4.52 trillion rials ($17.65 million) on Thursday to create 7,150 jobs.
During a Thursday event, President Rouhani inaugurated the projects in Khorasan Razavi, Fars, Kermanshah and Alborz provinces via videoconference, the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology reported on its website Isti.ir.
The first center coming on stream is an innovation factory in the shrine city of Mashhad, the provincial center of Khorasan Razavi. The factory will gather startups, knowledge-based companies and accelerators in a small-scale ecosystem and devise smart solutions for industries and businesses. 
Located near Ferdowsi University, the innovation center with two industrial units is spread over 3.7 hectares.
“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,” Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said at the event.