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Iran launches natl. program to reduce road injuries: Embracing innovative solutions
Iran’s focus on road safety took a significant leap forward as Ruhollah Dehghani, Vice-President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy, unveiled a pioneering national program aimed at curbing road injuries through technological innovation. This initiative was announced during the 7th International Exhibition of Transportation, Logistics, and Related Industries, attended by key figures in transportation and law enforcement. At the exhibition’s…
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Iran publishes book on sic-tech achievements in 2023
The Center for International Science and Technology Interactions of the Iranian Presidential Office’s Department for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy has published a book named “A Biref Review of Iran’s Science, Technology and Innovation in 2023.” The publication of the book is in line with upgrading the country’s soft power and implementing the Comprehensive International Scientific Relations Document approved by…
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Iranian researchers develop home-grown version of infra-red motion sensors
A domestically-developed version of infra-red motion sensors has been designed and produced in Iran for the first time by local researchers. The Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has set up an exhibition displaying the latest accomplishments in the field of research and technology. Among the researchers taking part in the expo is Hamid Pakbaz, who has displayed a…
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Strengthening tech ties: Syrian PM sees Iran as key partner for Arab markets
During the visit of the Syrian Prime Minister to Iran’s Innovation and Technology House (iHiT) in Tehran, a strong emphasis was placed on Syria being the gateway for Iranian technological products into the Arab world markets. The visit underscored Syria’s interest in expanding joint technological cooperation with Iran. Accompanied by Ruhollah Dehghani, the Vice-President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy,…
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Iran, Senegal forge collaborative path in advanced tech
Ruhollah Dehghani, Iran’s Vice President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy highlighted the strategic plan of fostering cooperation with the African continent, emphasizing the readiness to establish production facilities and technology transfer in areas such as digital equipment, energy, agriculture, medicine, and greenhouses in Senegal. His meeting with Sheikh Kante, an advisor to Senegal’s President, paved the way for discussions…
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Iranin knowledge-based company indigenizes production of cancer treatment medicine
An Iranian knowledge-based company Iran has started production of a drug internationally used for treatment of cancer at home which will save the country five million dollars annually. Iran’s Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi unveiled the domestically-made production line of cyclophosphamide at Nanoalvand Company on Friday in Karaj, near Tehran. Cancer patients in Iran have…
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Treatment of cancer patients using novel nuclear techniques
For the first time in Iran, patients with advanced cancer resistant to treatment have been treated in Bushehr Nuclear Medicine Center using AlphaZa radiopharmaceutical, which is a new targeted radionuclide treatment technique. That’s according to Professor Majid Asadi, head of the Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, south of Iran. This is the most…
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Iran, Cuba to boost sci-tech cooperation
Iran and cuba are to expand mutual cooperation in the domain of science and technology with strategic technologies taking cetner stage. The partnership deal was highlighted as Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited Iran’s Technology and Innovation House on December 09, 2023, accompanied by Rouhollah Dehghani, the Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, and Iranian Minister of Health…
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Iran successfully launches bio-capsule as part of plans to send man into space
Iran has successfully sent into space its latest bio-capsule on a home-grown launcher in line with plans to revive different sectors of the country’s space industry and stabilize the knowhow acquired in the bio-space domain. The bio-capsule is a scientific, research and technological device sent into an altitude of 130 kilometers above the earth’s surface in keeping with a road…
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Iran, Cuba seal sci-tech cooperation deal
The Iranian Presidential Office’s Department for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy has signed a cooperation agreement with the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA). The deal was clinched during a visit to Tehran by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his entourage. The joint agreement is aimed at boosting and developing scientific and technological partnership based on the principles…
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Major Iranian petchem company, 2 local knowledge-based firms sign contracts worth $20mn
The Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company headquartered in the city of Mahshahr in southern Iranian Khuzestan Province has signed contracts worth $20 million with two domestic knowledge-based firms for the further development of the giant company. “The Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company works with knowledge-based companies in various fields, namely catalysts, equipment, machinery and raw materials, and has signed two major contracts…
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Iran-Kazakhstan joint commission for economic, commercial, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation held in Tehran
The 19th joint commission for economic, commercial, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation between Iran and Kazakhstan held a session on December 3, 2023 in Tehran with the Iranian agriculture minister and Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister in attendance. An expert panel of the Center for International Interactions of Science and Technology, Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy was also…
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Dehghani: Iran has 0.3 percent of global turnover of toys
Iran’s Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi says figures show that the global turnover of the toy industry is 100 billion dollars per year, adding Iran’s share of that is estimated to be 300 million dollars, which equals 0.3 percent. Dehghani Firouzabadi made the comments at an event aimed at expanding and exchanging the toy production…
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A historical achievement: Iranian firm exports strategic catalysts worth $20mn to Russia
An Iranian knowledge-based company has taken giant leaps in exporting catalysts to other countries, with Russia being the prime target country, according to a report by the information center of the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy. The oil and gas Sarv Company, with decades of experience under its belt, has set a record of 20-million-dollar…
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Official: Iran’s knowledge-based exports hit $650mn mark in first six months of year
Iran has managed to export 650 million dollars of knowledge-based products in the first six months of the current year, beating relentless US-led Western sanctions, said the head of the country’s Center for International Science and Technology Cooperation (CISTC). The exports to 85 countries across the world are a sizeable boost compared to the $870mn exports in the previous year,…
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Iran forms AI Strategic Council
Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, the Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy announced the formation of the Artificial Intelligence Strategic Council following the President’s directive. He said the Council’s primary objective is to coordinate the nation’s resources and infrastructure related to artificial intelligence. The Vice-President added that a pivotal aim involves establishing a centralized national artificial intelligence center dedicated…
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Over 1,500 Iranian knowledge-based companies empowered for exports
Over 1,500 knowledge-based firms in Iran have gained footholds in international markets after going through a tenuous path of empowerment project in the country, Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy says. Addressing a gathering on the anniversary of assassination of Iran’s nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi said over 12,000 knowledge-based companies have been registered with…
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Iran unveils four home-made strategic petrochemical industry products
Iran unveiled four strategic nanotechnology and technology products on Tuesday, November 28, designated as the National Day of Iran-Made Technology and Innovation, marking the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi took part in the ceremony to inaugurate the indigenous technologies for the production of low-sulfur…
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Minister: Knowledge-based firms, right path towards innovation in Iran’s industry
Iran’s minister of industry, mines, and trade has underlined the significance of making industries smart and innovative, saying such a goal can only be achieved through empowering knowledge-based companies. Abbas Ali Abadi made the remarks in the ceremony held for signing four major agreements for the development of copper and steel mining technologies with Iranian companies, the information center of…
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Iranian VP says Tehran welcomes intl. cooperation in innovative finance institutions
In an address to participants at the event titled “Intellectual property financing discourse, expansion of financing horizons and WIPO valuation”, Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehghani Firzouzabad said Iran anxiously welcomes expansion of international cooperation in establishing innovative finance institutions, exchanging experience and implementing joint ventures. He addressed the importance of financing in the transition…
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Pavilion of knowledge-based companies in Plast Eurasia Turkey Exhibition
Eurasia Plastics and Related Industries Exhibition was held from November 22 to 26, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. In the exhibition, the Iran Pavilion hosted knowledge-based companies with the help of the Center for International Science and Technology Interactions, the office of the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy and the Innovation and Prosperity Fund. This was one…
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Iranian cancer nanomedicine saves $25mn in foreign reserves annually
Iranian specialists have produced a nanomedicine for treatment of cancer that has ditched the need to spend 25 million dollars every year to import the medicine from foreign companies, especially in the United States. Ahmad Pour-Ahadi, the director of the Exir Nano Sina Company, told the information center of the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, said…
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Iran ranks 17th in world in creating AI-based sciences
Iran’s vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy says artificial intelligence is a “source of transformation” for Iranian society, boasting that the country is ranked 17th among the world nations in creating sciences based on AI. Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi made the remarks in the second national event of knowledge-based industry with the approach of the fourth industrial revolution and…
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Iranian lab equipment company up-and-coming in domestic, foreign markets
A knowledge-based company in Iran that manufactures advanced laboratory and computing equipment for civil and geotechnical engineering has managed to gain a foothold in Iranian and Canadian academic centers. Global MTM Inc. which produces laboratory equipment in two geotechnics and structure branches has obtained international standards, including ASTM International formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, for its…
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Iran starts mass production of quantometers for factories, metallurgical industries
An Iranian knowledge-based company has started mass production of a metal elemental analysis device, known as quantometer, which is used to determine the amount of constituent elements of metallic pieces used in machines and the quality of the pieces for different applications in the metallurgical industry. Ara Kavosh Pajouh made the achievement in 2017 by relying on the technical knowhow…
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Iran publishes report on possible future scientific, technological trends in society
The first volume of a series of reports prepared under Iran’s National Science and Technology Foresight Plan has been published. The report was released by the secretariat handling the affairs of the national scheme put forward by the Presidential Office’s Department for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy. The report (Macro-Trends and Future Trends) focuses on social, economic, political, technological and…
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Official: Iran can get 20% of $5tr intl. traditional medicine market
An Iranian authority says the country can secure a fifth of the global market for medicinal herbs and traditional medicine. “The traditional medicine market is worth $5 trillion, and given our geographical situation and considerable potential for plantation and production of medicinal herbs, we are able to secure 20% of this market, which is a good figure,” said Mohammadreza Shams…
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Iran to boost export market for knowledge-based products, services
Iran is to expand the export market for its knowledge-based products and services in cooperation with ten companies specializing in the management of knowledge-based exports. That was emphasized in a meeting of CEOs of exports management firms with Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi. In the session, Dehqani Firouzabadi touched upon the role of exports potential…
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Iran hosts intl. robotics, AI event showcasing latest advancements
A senior Iranian science and technology official has hailed an international artificial intelligence and robotics event known as Rainocup held in the city of Babol in northern Iranian Mazandaran Province in mid-November, 2023. “This exhibition was held on a large scale presenting products which can be used in society and industry, which is invaluable,” said Amirhossein Amirabadi, the head of…
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Iranian company exports lab equipment, facilities to 22 countries
An Iranian knowledge-based company’s products have been in high demand in 22 countries despite US-led sanctions imposed on Iran, the director of the company says. Mohammad Hossein Mir-Sadeghi Esfahani, the CEO of the Santam engineering design company, told the information center of the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy that his company exports over 175 different types…
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