By Faranak Bakhtiari

Knowledge-based companies in full swing to tackle sanctions

TEHRAN – Domestic knowledge-based companies are now flourished to the extent that 300 Iranian products have replaced the sanctioned foreign ones, helping the country to take steps toward a knowledge-based economy to reduce the impact of sanctions.

Over 130 knowledge-based companies set up by Iranian expatriates

TEHRAN – More than 130 knowledge-based companies have been established in the country by Iranian expatriates thanks to the incentives and supportive programs of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.

Iranian researchers build insulator cleaning robotic arm

TEHRAN – A team of researchers at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University of Technology have designed and manufactured a robotic arm for removing pollutants from the surfaces of the double umbrella type porcelain insulators, Mehr reported on Saturday.

Iranian knowledge-based company manufactures robotic surgery system

TEHRAN – An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured a robotic surgery system which is projected to be used in surgeries by the next three years, Mehr reported on Tuesday.

Iranian knowledge-based firm designs remote diagnostic devices

TEHRAN – A knowledge-based company in Iran has designed devices for remote medical diagnosis based on artificial intelligence (AI), Mehr reported on Sunday.

Iranian firm manufactures Huntington’s disease detection kit

TEHRAN – An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured a kit for detection and diagnosis of Huntington’s disease, Mehr reported on Sunday.

First Iranian-made digital stethoscope designed

TEHRAN- An Iranian knowledge-based company has designed a digital stethoscope that overcomes the low sound levels by electronically amplifying the body sounds, said the company’s managing director.

‘Thalassemia patients complain over expensive medicine’ 

TEHRAN- Thalassemia patients are having a hard time as the price of their medicine has quadrupled; whereas, last year the same medicines were free of charge, said head of the Iranian Thalassemia Society. 

Startups can develop aerospace industry tech in Iran: VP

TEHRAN – Iranian knowledge-based companies and startups can develop aerospace industry technology, the vice president for science and technology said, ISNA reported.