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IHTECC Creating Competitive Atmosphere for Iranian Knowledge-Based Firms
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. “One of the duties of this centre in recent years has been to offer support to boost the export capability of, and develop markets for knowledge-based, technological and innovative companies through offering…
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Iran Successfully Performs First Remote Robotic Surgery on Dog
The first remote robotic surgery in Iran has successfully been performed on a dog. The operation was carried out using a surgeon robot developed by the Iranian knowledge-based Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators company. The surgery was done by Dr. Talebpour stationed at Imam Khomeini hospital while the robot and the patient, which was a dog, were both at Sina…
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Commercialising New Biotechnological Products Save Iran $400 Million: VP
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. Sorena Sattari, who was speaking at the unveiling ceremony, added that Iran is known for its brands in the field of human…
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164 Iranian Inventions to Get International Patents
The Patent Office of Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology says it has backed the international registration of 164 Iranian inventions. The office says it has so far received over 2,200 applications seeking support for international registration of inventions, 364 of them have been verified. The support is key to helping inventors go through the difficult process of getting…
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Iranian Product Protects Mothers and Fetuses from Electromagnetic Radiation
An Iranian high-tech company has produced a protective abdominal binder for pregnant women that uses special fabric, containing nanoparticles, to protect the health of mothers and the fetus. The binders, recently presented in the market, are helpful as electromagnetic radiation from cell phones and Wi Fi systems are everywhere. Studies show such radiation negatively affect the growth of cells, DNA…
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Over 2,400 Expatriate Elites Working with Iranian Companies, Universities: VP
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 graduates’ associations aim at empowering foreign nationals graduated from Iranian universities, among other objectives. “The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has had a vast scope of activities concerning Iranian expatriates.…
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Number of Iran’s Knowledge-based Companies Hits 7,000: Sattari
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. Sorena Sattari said the launch of science and technology parks leads to the development of the innovation ecosystem in the country, and its tangible results can…
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Iran Develops Device to Diagnose Diseases by Handwriting
A group of young Iranian researchers have designed and developed a handwriting diagnosis device that identifies the type of disease people are suffering from. Researchers at the Development Centre of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences have developed the new device to diagnose the disease from people’s handwriting using signal processing. Jafar Aqazadeh, a member of the team, told Fars News…
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Iran approves Covid vaccine SpikoGen for third dose
Iran’s deputy health minister on Thursday announced that SpikoGen has been approved for the third dose of all Covid-19 vaccines administered inside the country. Dr. Kamal Heidari, in a letter to the universities’ deputy chancellors for health affairs and universities of medical sciences, wrote, “Based on conducted studies, the authorization of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, and the approval of…
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Iran to launch House of Innovation and Technology in Istanbul
The second trade and technology conference of Iranian companies in Turkey will be held at the same time as the inauguration of the House for Innovation and Export of Iranian-made Technology in Istanbul. According to Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), one of the important goals of policies to support knowledge-based and creative companies is to support them to enter the…
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Council: Iran ranks 4th in global nanotech rankings
Iran’s Nanotechnology Innovation Council says the country has ranked fourth in the global rankings in the field for the fourth year in a row. “The global rank and standing of Iran in the field of nanotechnology is assessed in quantitative terms. Of course in terms of quality, Iran also ranks among the top 10 countries in the world given the…
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Iran Constructing Sci-Tech Park at iLand City
Work is underway to construct a science and technology park in the newly-established commercial and entertainment township of iLand, southwest of Tehran Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari visited the site of the park to see for himself the process of its construction. “The potential created to build a sci-tech park has given fresh impetus to the…
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Iran Opens Innovation House in Syria to Boost High-Tech Exports
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. The high-tech products of 40 knowledge-based and innovative companies in the fields of electricity and electronics, medicine, advanced materials, ICT, biotechnology, agriculture and…
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Iran develops nuclear imaging machine
Iranian researchers have produced a nuclear imaging machine, putting Iran on the list of the five countries currently capable of producing the apparatus. The machine can, among other things, control the functioning of the heart, liver, lungs and the brain and take 3-D images in cancer-related cases. The entirety of the device has been designed and developed by local experts.…
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Iran makes Omicron testing kit
Iran produces the first testing kit for the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The President of Kashan University of Medical Sciences in central Iran said the kit has been produced in the Molecular Biomarkers Laboratory of Kashan University of Medical Sciences by Majid Lotfinia, a member of the scientific board of this university. Seyyed Alireza Moraveji added that the kit can…
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Sattari highlights role of knowledge-based firms in boosting exports
Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has highlighted the role of knowledge-based and creative companies in developing exports and enhancing science and technology diplomacy. In a meeting with heads of Iranian missions in neighboring countries on Monday, Sattari said the Islamic Republic prioritizes export of products and services of knowledge-based and creative companies to neighboring countries. “The…
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Return of elites to Iran will eliminate mass migration
Human beings have many reasons for migration. Education, pursuit of better jobs, greater security and freedoms are among the reasons why hundreds of thousands of people leave their country legally and illegally every year. Impact of Covid pandemic on immigration Initially, it was imagined that the Covid pandemic in the world would seriously disrupt and inhibit international migration and…
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Iran displays products of knowledge-based firms
Iran has put on display selected products of knowledge-based companies in different fields including oil, gas, petrochemical, and mining industries as well as advanced technologies. Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin and Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari visited the exhibition at the House of Innovation and Technology in Tehran on Monday. Fatemi Amin referred…
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Iranian company selected as top exporter of year
The National Export Day of the solar year 1400 marked a good event for Iran’s technology and innovation ecosystem, and it was the selection of a knowledge-based company as the top exporter of the year. Sarv Oil and Gas Company is a pioneer company in the production of applied catalysts in the steel, petrochemical and refining industries of Iran. Catalysts…
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Iran knowledge-based ecosystem capable of making inroads in export markets
Iran’s Vice President for Technological and Scientific Affairs Sorena Sattari has said domestic sanctions are a bigger obstacle than foreign bans, adding that each new license is a hurdle to the production, export and development of knowledge-based products. He was speaking at a ceremony in which the best knowledge-based exporters of Iran received awards for their efforts. Sattari also said,…
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Iran to produce 20mn doses of domestic Covid vaccine in months
Iran will have produced some 20 million doses of the Razi Cov Pars coronavirus vaccine by March 2022. “So far, we have produced as many as 5 million doses of the Razi Cov Pars vaccine, and with a permit for emergency use being issued, we are seeking to produce 20 million doses by the end of the [Persian] year (ending…
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Iran jumps higher in Global Innovation Index 2021
Iran, which ranked 67th in the Global Innovation Index 2020, is one of the countries that has had the highest growth in 2021. The 2021 edition of the GII shows the Islamic Republic advanced seven steps and now ranks 60th in terms of innovation among world countries. Meanwhile, Knowledge-based companies and creative startups have grown over the past five years,…
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Iran to increase support for elite Afghan students
Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says Tehran will step up its support for Afghan top students coming to the country. “Our universities are currently hosting tens of thousands of Afghan students. This year we will have more special guests,” Sattari said in a twitter post. He noted that the arrival of top Afghan students and entrepreneurs…
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Iran produces copper nanoparticle mask
A science-based Iranian company has produced anti-virus masks using copper nanoparticles. The company is based in the southern city of Rafsanjan. These copper nanoparticles are capable of clearing any biotic and non-biotic contamination that accumulates on their surface. If you do anti-viral and anti-bacterial tests on the copper nanoparticle masks after use, they are virus- and bacteria-free. As a result,…
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Mustafa Prize laureates awarded in Tehran
Iran’s Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation has granted its prestigious biannual prize to the five laureates who were announced earlier in October. The five Muslim scientists received their awards in a ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Thursday. The winners were Cumrun Vafa from Iran, M. Zahid Hasan from Bangladesh, Yahya Tayalati from Morocco, Mohamed Sayegh from Lebanon, and Muhammad…
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Iran’s knowledge-based companies to attend Gitex Dubai
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. GITEX Dubai is the largest and most prestigious IT exhibition in the Middle East. The event takes place every year in the fall and brings together experts…
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Iran begins 3rd clinical trial of domestic Covid vaccine
Iran has begun the third and final phase of clinical test of domestically produced coronavirus vaccine Razi Cov Pars. The head of the Razi Institute explained that during the third phase of the clinical trial, researchers will compare the efficacy and immunity produced by the Iranian shot with those of China’s Sinopharm. Ali Es’haghi said over 40,000 volunteers will take…
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Iran to Export Surgeon Robots to Indonesia
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. In the ceremony, Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari hosted Indonesia Health Minsiter Budi Gunadi Sadikin online. Moreover, a delegation led by Indonesia Deputy Health Minister…
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Iran to Host Int’l Symposium on Imaging in Preclinical Studies
An international symposium on reviewing the applications of imaging in preclinical studies is to be held in Iran on August 12 and 13, 2021. The TPIS 2021 is the country’s most important event on preclinical research. It is being held by the preclinical laboratory of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in collaboration with distinguished universities aimed at presenting up-to-date…
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Iranian, Armenian High-Tech Companies Discuss Promotion of Ties
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. In this meeting, which was attended by a delegation of 50 Iranian knowledge-based companies, the participants explored avenues for the launch of joint production lines and enhancement of the existing collaborations. The Iranian firma attended…
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