Science and Technology in Iran

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the country’s vice president for science and technology to lift barriers that the young Iranian inventors are faced with.

Iran’s minister of communications and information technology says a self-driving smart automobile will be produced in the country in the near future.

Iran’s neighbouring countries have turned into the new customers of the country’s laboratory services and the Islamic Republic is to facilitate the transfer of domestic laboratory services to these states.

An exhibition of products made by Iranian knowledge-based companies is going to be held in the Azerbaijan Republic on October 15-18.

A group of Iranian researchers have developed a nano-material which could be used to repair rusty surfaces.

A number of Iranian knowledge-based companies are going to attend China’s High Technology Fair (CHTF) to help develop the export of Iranian knowledge-based products.

Researchers at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences have developed a new nanoparticle with unique properties that can remove chemical and microbial contaminants at the same time.

Iran’s ICT minister has unveiled plans to send Iranian astronauts to space, noting that a homegrown high-resolution imaging satellite will also go into orbit by 2021.

Iranian researchers have developed a type of mortar with nano-particles that can prevent the façade of buildings from getting dirty.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has managed to develop a homegrown computer programming language after five years of hard work.

An Iranian knowledge-based company is using domestic know-how to design and develop industrial robots that measure up to the latest standards and are ready to be exported.

The Iranian mathematician Siamak Yassemi has received France’s Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms).

An Iranian petrol filter project has shined at Silicon Valley International Invention Festival without the presence of its inventors, who are barred from visiting the US.

An Iranian official has unveiled plans for the production of 135 strategic pharmaceutical products inside the country with the help of local knowledge-based companies and start-ups.

In a meeting in New York, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez called for the expansion of relations between Tehran and Madrid, particularly in technology and tourism sectors.

A group of Iranian researchers have developed an artificial bladder and conduit for the first time in the country.

Iranian knowledge-based companies and leading businesses are going to take part in the 39th GITEX Technology Week in Dubai next month.

A knowledge-based Iranian company has managed to prevent the deaths of 7,000 patients via vacuum therapy and is currently designing a new variant of this product.

Several new UAVs have been unveiled in an exhibition to showcase the country's capabilities in drone-related technologies.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has developed a bio-printer which is capable of 3D printing of human bone.

Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology has given the local scientists and researchers the opportunity to use an advanced three dimensional (3D) bioprinting laboratory, an official announced.

Iran is exporting biopharmaceuticals to several regional and overseas countries, a government official has said, unveiling plans to increase export revenue generated by the knowledge-based companies.

An Iranian company has produced nano iron supplements which neither changes the colour of teeth, nor causes digestive problems for consumers.

A group of Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company have developed decanter centrifuges using domestic knowhow.

Iranian researchers are trying to produce the human pancreas inside animals’ body first as part of a project to produce body organs.