Afshin said at the opening ceremony of the Iranian OTC Innovation Market: "In the past, connecting companies to the OTC and stock exchanges were extremely difficult because all of these companies were innovative and therefore had high risks. However, with the initiative that emerged, the Innovation Market was created with two growth boards and a knowledge-based board, and it seems that through this measure, a major change will occur in the real growth of knowledge-based companies."

The Vice President of Science stated in the gathering of Afghan elites: The policy of the 14th government is based on the full use of all the capacities in the country of Afghanistan, and I believe that the two countries (Iran and Afghanistan) have a high capacity for scientific and technological cooperation; we know no boundaries for elites.