A knowledge-based firm in Iran has produced a linear accelerator, or LINAC, to treat cancer, putting Iran on the list of four countries with that technology for producing such an advanced device.

According to The Iran Project, "Among the technologies used in cancer treatment, there are linear accelerator devices that will help to treat cancer by producing radiation and bombarding a cancerous tumor," the Iranian knowledge-based company's sales manager Eliasi said about the construction of a linear accelerator by the experts in his compny.

This technology activist pointed out that only 3 countries, US, UK, and Germany have made this device and Iran is the fourth producer of this device in the world.

He announced that they consulted with Syria, Africa, and Iraq for the export of linear accelerators, saying that a $20 million contract for export was signed with Uganda for the export of a linear accelerator device.