Science and Technology in Iran

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

The establishment of Iran's High-Tech Export Companies Club (IHTECC) amounts to a giant step towards improving the competitive atmosphere where top knowledge-based companies work, an Iranian official says.

An innovation and creativity centre, part of which is dedicated to the production of innovative home appliances, has opened in the central Iranian province of Isfahan.

Iran is hosting the tenth edition of the International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX 2021), which brings together high-tech companies, knowledge-based firms, startups and investors to showcase their products and services.

The Global Innovation Summit 2021 (GIS 2021) virtual event will be held in the city of Graz, Austria, from May 18 to 20, 2021, under the slogan "Exploring New Perspectives".

Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says the country will name its next homegrown supercomputer after Maryam Mirzakhani, the late Iranian math genius.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has referred to scientific and cultural bonds as one of the most lasting bonds among nations, urging the world to return to the sources of science and culture.

Iran House of Innovation and Technology Exports has been opened in the Syrian capital of Damascus in a ceremony attended by Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari and Syrian Minister of Higher Education Bassam Ibrahim.

Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says the Islamic Republic is prepared to transfer its innovation ecosystem experiences to the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

The Iranian vice president for science and technology says he has discussed closer sci-tech cooperation with Syria during his trip to Damascus.

Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, who is in Damascus at the head of a sci-tech delegation, has attended the second Iran-Syria business matchmaking meeting.

Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, who is in Damascus at the head of a sci-tech delegation, has sat down with Syrian Minister of Higher Education Bassam Ibrahim.

The Joint Diplomacy-Innovation Working Group of Iran’s National Innovation Fund (INIF) of the president’s office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held its second meeting to elaborate on the policies, services and potential of the INIF in the domain of international interactions.

Iran is to help Armenia in the domain of technology and boost corporate cooperation with that country.

The third edition of the Technology Investment Meeting (TIM 2021) is to be held in Tehran on February 17, 2021, with the support of Iran’s National Innovation Fund (INIF).

Iranian Deputy Health Minister Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz is visiting the Russian capital of Moscow at the head of a delegation to discuss cooperation between the two sides on the co-production of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik-V, among other issues.

A senior Iranian official says the country has made tremendous progress on scientific and technological fronts, especially thanks to its knowledge-based companies.

Iran has, for the first time, test-launched a combined satellite launch vehicle which runs on the most powerful solid-fuel engine in the country.

A senior Iranian official says the country is seeking to diversify export markets for the products developed by its domestic knowledge-based companies.

Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has held talks with Kenyan Foreign Minister Raychelle Omamo in Nairobi.

Iran’s National Innovation Fund (INIF) and the Nairobi Industrial and Technology Park (NITP) have discussed the possibility of implementing collaborative projects, especially in the fields of Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno-Technologies (NBICS).

Iran's Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari and Kenyan Minister of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives Peter Munya have discussed promotion of technological cooperation between the companies of both countries.

Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has offered to share the experience of the domestic knowledge-based and innovative companies with their peers in Kenya.

Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has officially inaugurated the Iran House of Innovation of Technology (IHIT) in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

A delegation of Iranian high-tech companies, headed by Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, has travelled to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi for talks on business collaboration between the two sides.