Financial Tribune- Startups could help combat air pollution by developing sensors and control systems, the deputy for renewable energy at the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology said. Sirous Vatankhah Moqaddam added that such firms are vital for countering the suffocating air pollution conditions that have afflicted Iran's major cities for ...

Reuters | Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: Low on cash but high on hope, Irans technology entrepreneurs are learning to live with revived hostility in the United States and growing suspicion - or worse - from hardliners at home. Their startups and e-commerce apps are flourishing, driven by government infrastructure support and young Iranians educated both in ...

The Conversation | Stella Morgana: Irans self-proclaimed Silicon Valley stands on the road to mount Damavand, the tallest mountain in the country. Set up in 2005, its name is ambitious: Pardis, a paradise for technology. Pardis is where Tehran just hosted the 6th International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX2017) which opened on May ...

TechRasa- Its not far from imagination that a country with80 million population andhigh market potential would create 100k jobs in a matter of fewyears. According to Tasnim News, Minister Mahmoud Vaezi announced some interesting statistics about Iranian startups in a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce. Vaezi also mentioned that about 110k local ...

U.S., European venture capital funds begin talking to tech entrepreneurs In the week following the framework nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, Tehran-based Internet entrepreneur Faty Amir Soleimani pitched every day to Western investors for funding. We started getting a lot interest from foreigners, said Ms. Soleimani, who runs an e-...

In Iran, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are among many sites blocked by the authorities, spurring a generation of young entrepreneurs to invent their own versions. Now, with the prospect of sanctions easing and the world lining up to invest in the tech sector, is all that about to change? Tehran may be thousands of miles away from Silicon Valley,...

The startup environment in Iran is improving, thanks to the active players in the industry working towards developing a culture that aims at encouraging the investors and owners of capital to support young talents, and a growing number of young enthusiastic entrepreneurs working tirelessly to expand their boundaries and achieve their goals. An example ...

[caption id="attachment_153070" align="alignright" width="194"] Hessam Armandehi, left, the chief executive and co-founder of Caf Bazaar with some of the Android-software companys staff, is one of the many entrepreneurs cultivating a technology hub in the countrys capital city. PHOTO: BENOIT FAUCON/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL[/caption] TEHRANDecorated ...