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Iran launches polyurethane research center in port city of Mahshahr
A senior official with Iran’s Polymer and Petrochemical Institute says the country has opened a polyurethane research center in port city of Mahshahr in order to promote the technology by recruiting the elite and university professors in the field. Speaking to ISNA, Seyyed Mohammad Mortazavi said the center was established following the signing of a cooperation agreement between a knowledge-based…
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3 Iranian provinces with highest levels of sales and export of nanotech products
Iran’s Tehran Province accounted for 61.9% of the total sales of nanotechnology products in the Persian calendar year of 1400 (March 2021-March 2022), ranking first among other provinces. The sales of nanotech products in Tehran Province in that period was worth 125,947 billion rials. Tehran was followed by Isfahan Province, which recorded sales worth of 207,26 billion rials and a…
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Iran VP: Kish Island can turn into export hub for knowledge-based companiesI’m
Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi says Kish Island, in the Persian Gulf, has the potential to turn into an innovation and technology center and an export hub for knowledge-based products. Dehghani said Kish was introduced as the country’s first free zone 40 years ago, and it grew rapidly thanks to its great geographical…
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University of Isfahan, ECO Science Foundation sign cooperation agreement
Iran’s University of Isfahan has signed an agreement on scientific cooperation with the ECO Science Foundation, an intergovernmental organization and a specialized agency of the Economic Cooperation Organization. Head of Isfahan University Dr. Hossein Harsij highlighted the strategic role of the 10 ECO member states in the region and stressed the need for Iran to work toward internationalizing its universities.…
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Iran opens Quantum Science and Technology School
Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi has inaugurated the Quantum Science and Technology School at the country’s prestigious Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. The project is aimed at speeding up research and development of advanced technologies in the field of microelectronics, new sensors and actuators, biological micro-scale systems and biotechnological products. During the…
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Iran has 4 times more technology parks than South Korea: VP
Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi says there are currently 70 technology parks active in Iran compared to 50 in South Korea. He said this figures are despite the fact that around 50% of the Southeast Asian state’s gross domestic product is based on knowledge-based economy. He said efforts have been made to turn…
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Zimbabwe’s interior minister pays visit to Iran’s House of innovation & Technology
Zimbabwe’s interior minister and his delegation paid a visit to Iran’s House of innovation & Technology (iHiT). During the visit, Zimbabian officials in the fields of health, medicine, veterinary medicine, agriculture, architecture and construction, IT, economy management, culture and art were also in attendance. The delegation was accompanied by Ms. Mirzaee, deputy of the center and head of the secretariat…
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Iran and Nicaragua expanding scientific cooperation
Head of Tehran University Science and Technology Park Ali Assadi tells Nicaragua’s Ambassaor to Tehran Isaac Lenin Bravo Jaen that knowledge-based companies are a positive factor in making sanctions ineffective. Assadi and the Nicaraguan ambassador met at the Scientific and Technological Park in Tehran. Assadi added that the park has the potential to develop its activities in a wide range…
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Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science & Technology, Oil Ministry sign cooperation agreement
Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy signs a cooperation agreement with the Oil Ministry with the aim of paving the way for knowledge-based companies to enter the oil industry. Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi said at the signing ceremony that it was the first major cooperation agreement between the country’s knowledge-based and innovative…
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Iran indigenizes software for detecting gradation of mineral stones
Iranian experts have designed and produced a piece of Internet-based software capable of detecting the gradation of mineral stones in the shortest possible time and with high accuracy. The software uses image processing methods, a neural network and artificial intelligence to provide an algorithm that determines the size of fragments or granulation of crushed rocks caused by explosions in mines…
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Decrease in pollution of Iranian industrial and domestic sewages
An Iranian knowledge-based company has succeeded in producing a unit capable of refining wastewater based on synergy between plasma technology and cavitation. The device destroys and neutralizes organic pollutants from industrial, mining, domestic, etc. wastewaters; treats hospital effluents containing dangerous compounds as well as polluted water toxic that is contaminated with heavy metals and microorganisms. The advantages of the unit…
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Official: Iranian vice president’s office to form small government to resolve technological problems
Iran’s Headquarters for Biotechnological Development has held a conference on cultivation and big industries. The head of the Iranian vice president’s office for scientific and technological affairs also attended the meeting. Alireza Khakdaman said that in order to resolve problems in the fields, the Iranian vice president’s office plans to use the capabilities of knowledge-based groups. Khakdaman added that for…
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Iranian VP unveils 10 maritime industrial products
Iran’s Vice President for Scientific and Technological Affairs Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi has unveiled 10 Iranian-made maritime products at the Iran House of Innovation and technology, iHiT. Speaking on the sidelines of the international exhibition of Iranian-made maritime products in Tehran, he said the event’s mission is to display a selection of the achievements of knowledge-based and technological companies active in…
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Second Iran-Geo International Exhibition opens in Tehran
The Second Iran-Geo International Exhibition has opened in the Iranian capital Tehran where 4 knowledge-based geomatic products were put on display. The exhibition is a venue for all companies active in the field. The actors include companies that make devices creating spatial information, operating organizations, private companies, knowledge-based companies and universities. The goal of the exhibition is to present the…
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Science, technology key to economic progress: Official
A senior Iranian official says science and technology is a key contributor to economic progress in today’s world. “The development of the global economy is contingent upon scientific progress,” said Rouhollah Dehghani, the Vice-president for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy. “Institutions are successful that that are able to utilize modern and cutting-edge technologies in their activities,” he explained. He said…
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Exposition puts on display products of influential Iranian women at iHiT
An exposition putting on display the products made by influential Iranian women kicked off at the Iran House of Innovation and Technology (iHiT) on Thursday. In the exposition, the products of Iranian women entrepreneurs in various fields such as electricity and electronics, medical equipment, accelerator centers and home businesses are on display at the Tehran International Fair, Iran’s House of…
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Iran and Tajikistan to expand joint scientific projects
In a meeting, Director of Iran’s Center for International Scientific and technological Interaction Dr. Mirabadi and Director of Tajikistan’s Academy of Sciences Dr. Farhad have underlined the need for Tehran and Dushanbe to expand their joint scientific and technological ventures, especially between experts and researchers of the two countries. Dehghani Firouzabadi and Farhad noted that an MoU will soon be…
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Iran to provide biotechnologies for neighbors
Sanctions are a hurdle to the activity and presence of Iranian technologists in global markets. However, in many fields, this threat has been turned into an opportunity. Thus Iranian technologists have been able to display their possibilities which had been hitherto ignored, proving that they can help Iran pass through historical turns. But many services and goods produced in the…
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Iranian VP calls for closer scientific cooperation with Tajikistan
Iran’s vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy highlights the country’s many commonalities with Tajikistan, mainly the Persian language, saying the two nations can strengthen cooperation in various fields of science, including digital economy, health and artificial intelligence. Rouhollah Dehghani held a meeting with the Tajik ambassador and the head of the country’s Academy of Sciences for talks on…
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Non-Iranian elites offering services in Iran to be granted rights enjoyed by citizens
Iran’s government is set to grant the rights enjoyed by Iranian citizens to the elites from other nationalities who offer valuable services to the country, except for citizenship and offices forbidden under law to be held by foreigners. The administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi approved the “Guidelines for Supporting Non-Iranian Elites and Geniuses,” which was drafted based on a…
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Iranian company Fan Paya becomes a member of UN climate technology network
Fan Paya Company has become a member of the Climate Technology Centre and Network, CTCN, the implementation arm of the Technology Mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Fan Paya is the 8th Iranian member of the CTCN. The members of the center have technical know-how related to the field of climate change. Fan Paya was established…
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Iran makes TCU tester for use in railway transportation
A group of technologists at Iran’s prestigious Sharif University of Technology have built a TCU tester. The device is used in rail transportation. It increases the reliability of locomotives’ operation and enables quick and accurate troubleshooting by way of using smart and automatic testing and monitoring equipment. The device has no equivalent inside Iran or abroad. TCU tester significantly saves…
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Role of brokers in developing knowledge-based markets
Iran’s vice president for scientific and technological affairs says interdisciplinary skills are as important as interdisciplinary degree programs. Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi added that some knowledge-based companies are not familiar with mechanisms used to commercialize and sell products and they are only producers of technologies. Dehghani Firouzabadi also said this is where brokers can be of help to knowledge-based companies. He…
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Huge increase in size of Iranian nanotechnology sector
Iranian nanotechnology companies are working to help the market of nano products boom. The headquarters for the development of tanotechnology of Iran has said companies operating in the field are divided into two groups: producers of nano products and manufacturers of nano equipment. The headquarters said last year, there were 263 producers of nano products and 61 manufactures of nano…
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Iranian company produces smart asphalt to reduce road accidents
An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced some type of asphalt that both boosts quality of roads and minimizes the possibility of car accidents. An official at Fannavari Ghir Zarrin Company said a key principle of progress in any country is the development of basic infrastructure. Massoud Alizadeh described transportation infrastructure as highly important for progress and growth of Iran, saying…
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Iranian technological VP praises predecessor as “real patriot”
Iran’s Vice President for technological and Scientific Affairs Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi has said the knowledge-based production increase law is a key achievement of the tenure of his predecessor Sorena Sattari. Dehghani made the comment at a ceremony meant to thank Sattari for his services. He noted that all such services and efforts are a sign of patriotism. He described Sorena…
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Iranian knowledge-based firm develops nanotech product capable of detecting allergy to drugs
An Iranian knowledge-based company has developed a product based on nanotechnology that can detect allergy to drugs and determine the proper antibiotics for treatment. The Karma Azma Andish firm has produced antibiogram pills containing nano-particles. Antibiogram or drug allergy testing helps find the effective antibiotic to target the microbes in question. Such tests are performed daily in microbiology laboratories. Antibiogram…
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Iranian production of nanotech items, equipment up six times
New figures show the production of items and equipment developed based on nanotechnology in Iran witnessed a six-fold rise in a period of nine years. According to a report by the Committee for the Development of Nanotechnology at the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy, 1,376 nanotech products or pieces of equipment have been developed in the…
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Iranian VP appoints caretaker for Intl. Center for Science and Technology Interactions
Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi has appointed Amir-Hossein Mirabadi as caretaker of the Center for International Science and Technology Interactions. In a decree addressed to Mirabadi, Dehghani highlighted the lofty goals of the Center, which he said is expected to design special missions aimed at speeding up the promotion of knowledge-based economy in…
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Iranian technological company develops ultrasonic water meters
A group of Iranian engineers have developed ultrasonic water meters that can measure the consumption on a daily, monthly and yearly basis. Amir-Hossein Kiyaei, who heads a technological firm based in the Science and Technology Park in Hamadan,western Iran, elaborated on the features of the water meters, which he said can be used to monitor the amount of water consumed…
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