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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 17:16 GMT
Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that his country is robustly after developing its innovative economy, adding that 200 more knowledge-based companies will get activated in the next local calendar year (March 2020-March 2021). "The number of knowledge-based companies will hit 5,000 at large,” Sattari said on his visit with the Leader of Islamic Revolution’s representative in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. He put the current number of knowledge-based companies across the country at 4,800.Moving in the path of knowledge-based economy should lay the ground for the development and progress of the country, he said, adding, "taking advantage of capacities and potentials of each region and developing knowledge-based firms pave suitable ways for the development and progress in the country.”Sattari further noted that development of knowledge-based companies plays a leading and important role in cutting dependency of the country to foreign countries. Taking advantage of high potentials and capacities of the manpower should be taken into consideration as well, he stressed. Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years. - Kayhan