TEHRAN – Iran is playing the leading role in the region in the fields of fintech, ICT, stem cell, aerospace, and is unrivaled in artificial intelligence, Sourena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology, told the Tehran Times in an exclusive interview on Saturday.

During visiting the science and technology park of West Azerbaijan, Sattari emphasized the importance of using the geographical position of this province, which is close to Turkey, expressing: we must increase the export capacity of knowledge-based companies in this region of the country.

Sattari opened the smart city innovation center during his travel to West Azerbaijan province. This center is supposed to help develop fourth-generation information security and technologies of this province by establishing 12 technology units.

West Azerbaijan is the next destination of the vice president for science and technology affairs. The trip will be made to develop the technological infrastructures of Urmia. During the trip, Sattari will attend the opening ceremony of smart city innovation center in the province.

In a gathering with the managers of Hamshahri Newspaper, the secretary of the headquarters for culture knowledge-based economy, stated: as a journalist, I am happy to witness the opening of Hamshahri Media acceleration and innovation center by one of the large media companies of the country.

With the start of the 11th government in 2013, Sattari was appointed as the vice president for science and technology affairs and was reselected for another four years after reelection of Dr. Rouhani as the president of Iran.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vice-Presidency for science and technology and Iranian Cyber Police regarding joint cooperation and using the capacity of activists in the knowledge-based ecosystem in order to create an opportunity for using the abilities of activists of the ecosystem in the path of establishment of cyberspace security.

In the presence of Parviz Karami, Head of the Culture and Knowledge-Based Economy Headquarter, and Ismail Ghaderifar, Head of the Center for Strategic Technologies Development, Payam Tirandaz, CEO of Fars News Agency, and a group of managers, the Innovation Center was inaugurated. A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the two sides on the sidelines of the event to further develop technology-based media collaborations

During the meeting of “economy of resistance and production leap”, the vice president for science and technology affairs mentioned: the commercialization of creative startup ideas is fruitful when these ideas are commercialized by the private sector.

In the presence of Parviz Karami, Head of the Culture and Knowledge-Based Economy Headquarter, and Ismail Ghaderifar, Head of the Center for Strategic Technologies Development, Payam Tirandaz, CEO of Fars News Agency, and a group of managers, the Innovation Center was inaugurated. A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the two sides on the sidelines of the event to further develop technology-based media collaborations.