First Vice President and Minister of Science, Research and Technology visited the achievements of knowledge-based companies.
Mohammad Reza Aref, First Vice President and Hossein Simai, Minister of Science, Research and Technology, during their visit to the Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Iran, visited the achievements and products of knowledge-based companies based in this complex.
During this visit and in the meeting with the heads of the national research institutes, there was an emphasis on strengthening the relationship between science and industry, improving the status of the research institutes and utilizing elite human resources to solve the country's strategic issues.
The Minister of Science, Research and Technology also emphasized that the Institute of Science is the most productive area in Israel and demanded the realization of a share of two percent of the research sector in GDP based on the seventh development plan.
At this meeting, the heads of the national research institutes in Israel expressed the challenges and suggestions for improving the role of the research centers in solving the country's problems. It was also emphasized the need to pay attention to research findings for the purpose of timely identification of social and cultural developments and to use the ability of scientific centers in making macro decisions.