Iran National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Organization was inaugurated in Tehran on Tuesday in the presence of the Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi.

According to The Iran Project, on December 29, the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, who was the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, communicated the “finalization and approval of the National Artificial Intelligence Document of the Islamic Republic of Iran", according to which, the Science and Technology HQ of the Secretariat of the Council was tasked with preparing and compiling the document in cooperation with the ministries and beneficiary executive bodies using the capabilities of the universities and research institutes.

The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution in Iran agreed to a national document for establishing an artificial intelligence organization. 

In a meeting chaired by interim President Mohammad Mokhber, members of the council ratified plans set to place Iran among the top ten pioneering countries in AI technologies within ten years. 

According to the document, a strategic council consisting of ministers and heads of relevant institutions and individuals, will be formed to implement, coordinate and monitor the National Artificial Intelligence Document.