Science and Technology in Iran

Iranian inventors have won three gold medals and a silver at the 2021 International Exhibition of Inventions in Zagreb, Croatia.

20 knowledge-based Iranian companies active in the fields of information technology and communications will be sent to the GITEX Future Stars 2021 event with the support of the country’s Innovation and Prosperity Fund.

Iran, which ranked 67th in the Global Innovation Index 2020, is one of the countries that has had the highest growth in 2021.

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna says all countries must have the right to access to outer space.

Iran is organizing two major events to help expand the international market for the goods and services of domestic knowledge-based companies.

The Mustafa(pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) calls on those interested to submit their works to the 2021 KANS Scientific Competition.  

An international symposium on reviewing the applications of imaging in preclinical studies is to be held in Iran on August 12 and 13, 2021.

Iran has, in a virtual ceremony, signed with Indonesia a contract to export the domestically-made Sina surgeon robot to the Southeast Asian country and establish two advanced tele-robotic surgery skills centres there.

Iran has inaugurated Rasa Innovation and Technology Centre, the country’s first specialized innovation centre for nuclear industry, which aims at commercializing the achievements of Iranian nuclear scientists.

A group of young Iranian researchers have designed and developed a handwriting diagnosis device that identifies the type of disease people are suffering from.

Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology says the number of the country’s knowledge-based companies has reached 7,000 and they have been able to create a very positive change in various fields of production.

Iranian and Russian knowledge-based companies have held a business meeting in Moscow to discuss possible technology trade and develop the market for Iranian-made products in Russia.

Over 30 Iranian knowledge-based companies will showcase their achievements in the International Aviation and Space Exhibition of Russia called "MAKS Air Show 2021".

Iran has opened another "House of Innovation and Technology (IHIT)" in the Russian capital of Moscow, after opening similar centres in China, Kenya, and Syria in a bid to facilitate the international activities of Iranian knowledge-based companies.

Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has signed a cooperation agreement with the Leader’s Representative Office in Universities to establish associations of foreign nationals graduated in Iran.

The Iranian minister of information and communications technology says almost all Iranians across the nation are linked to the Internet network.

The Patent Office of Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology says it has backed the international registration of 164 Iranian inventions.

Iran’s vice president for science and technology has hailed the unveiling of nine new knowledge-based Iranian-made products in the field of food security and vaccines, saying these products save the country significantly in terms of foreign currency spending.

Dozens of Iranian and Armenian high-tech companies attended a business meeting in Yerevan on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, to discuss expansion of their mutual cooperation.

The Iran House of Innovation and Technology (IHIT) has opened in Tehran serving as the central branch of innovation and technology houses located in countries seen as targets for Iranian exports.

The second business meeting of Iranian and Armenian high-tech companies started in Yerevan on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.

Iran is displaying 800 knowledge-based products developed by 300 knowledge-based companies at Tehran International Exhibition Centre. The products are put on show at the same time with launching of a network of Iranian Houses of Export.

Iran’s vice president for science and technology has underlined the importance of houses of creativity and a new approach to the knowledge-based economy, with a focus on the potential of creative companies and cultural industries.

Ali Vahdat, the Director of Iran's National Innovation Fund (INIF), visited four knowledge-based companies based in Alborz Sci-Tech Park and unveiled the products of three companies.

The first remote robotic surgery in Iran has successfully been performed on a dog.