Science and Technology in Iran

Nearly a dozen countries are demanding to purchase medication for infantile respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) from Iran, an Iranian official says.

Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says the country’s knowledge-based companies and start-ups have already resisted the US sanctions, and his office will keep providing unwavering support for them in doing so.

A group of Iranian scientists have produced two herbal drugs using lemon balm and saffron extracts that prevent and control the Alzheimer's disease (AD).

The Islamic Republic of Iran will take part in the upcoming annual Health Expo of Baghdad in early September.

A senior Iranian official says over a hundred Iranian students studying at universities abroad have returned home.

A group of Iranian researchers have devised a new product that helps improve patients’ motor functions.

A laboratory at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in northeastern Iran is using monkeys to test the most effective strategies for the treatment of diseases in the perception and eye movement disorders.

Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has launched a competition among researchers for designing and building a non-invasive deep-brain stimulation system inside the country.

Iranian researchers have produced an herbal medicine to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. The medicine is currently in the commercialisation stage and will soon be on the market.

Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says more than 360 knowledge-based companies have created job opportunities in Iran, and this year the vice presidency is pursuing more support for these businesses that are the driving force behind the country's economy.

Expert Iranian women are to make their presence felt in the development of energy and environmental technologies and start-up programs.

Start-ups, knowledge-based companies and research centres are to showcase their potentialities in the domain of laser and photonics at an upcoming exhibit in Tehran.

An Iranian scientist has invented a quantum microphone that can track the smallest sound packets called phonons.

Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company have managed to produce a belt for digestive problems, especially for people with diabetes and obesity.

The head of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China Song Tao says Iran has made huge progress in scientific and technology areas.

Iran is going to have a special pavilion in this year’s MAKS Air Show, the main aerospace exhibition of Russia which has been attended by many countries since 1993.

A major Iranian auto parts maker says it has gained the technology needed for manufacturing the airbag control unit (ACU) amid sanctions that have restricted Iran’s ability to import high-tech parts needed in its automotive industry.

Iran’s position in the Global Innovation Index (GII) has improved by four notches in 2019 and the country has been ranked 61st among 129 countries.

Iran has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bolivia on the enhancement of technological and academic collaboration, especially by training nanotechnology experts and establishing a nano-lab in the Latin American state.

A recent report released by the US Department of State shows the number of Iranian student visa applications has sharply fallen. This is important as the United States has always been the main destination for Iranian students over the past decades.

The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has renamed a prestigious prize in mathematics after the late Iranian math genius Maryam Mirzakhani, who became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal.

Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says Tehran and Moscow are willing to further expand their ties in the field of technology.

An Iranian official has expressed Tehran’s preparedness to establish a joint fund with the Russian Federation in order to finance mutual scientific and technological cooperation.

A group of Iranian researchers have produced biological dressings from the amniotic membrane for skin wounds.

Iran has sent a big delegation of knowledge-based companies to Russia for an international industrial fair in Ekaterinburg for the purpose of promoting mutual cooperation in the field of science and technology.