Iranian Business Directory

Academy of Persian Language and Literature

Iran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Persian: فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی, pronounced [færhæŋɡestɒːn e zæbɒːn væ ædæb e fɒːrsiː]) is a body controlled by the Iranian government presiding over the use of the Persian language in Iran and other Persian speaking countries. The academy members are academics of Persian literature and linguistics from Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.

Academy of Sciences of Iran

The Academy of Sciences of Iran (Persian: فرهنگستان علوم جمهوری اسلامی ایران) was established in 1988. It is one of the four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other three are: Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Iranian Academy of the Arts and Academy of Persian Language and Literature.

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) is the main official body responsible for implementing regulations and operating nuclear energy installations in Iran.

Avicenna Research Institute

Avicenna Research Institute (ARI) (Persian: پژوهشگاه ابن سینا) is a medical research facility that focuses on Reproductive Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology and Monoclonal antibody research. Named after Ibn Sina, the research institute was found in 1998 in Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.

Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) is a Persian (Iranian) research institute founded in 1976 to conduct research in biological sciences and related fields. It is affiliated to Tehran University and is located in the University campus.

Institute of Geophysics

The Institute of Geophysics (مؤسسه ژئوفیزیک) is the name of a scientific institute in Iran.

The Institute of Geophysics manages Iran's national seismic data, and directs Iran's national calendar, which is based on the Solar calendar.

The institute currently trains Ph.D students in Meteorology, Seismology, Electromagnetics, and Gravimetry, and is still affiliated with the University of Tehran.

Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran

The Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI; مؤسسهٔ استاندارد و تحقیقات صنعتی ایران) is the Iranian governmental institution for standardization and certification. It is the Iranian representative to International Organization for Standardization.

Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

The Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) is an advanced research center and graduate level degree granting institution in Zanjan, Iran. It was founded by its current director Prof. Yousef Sobouti in 1991. The institute is considered to be one of the most productive research centers of the country. It offers advanced degrees (Master's and above) in Mathematics, Physics, Geophysics, Biophysics and Chemistry. As of 2008, the mathematics department offers master of science degrees in Computer Science with concentration on Artificial Intelligence(esp. Multi Agent Systems and Computational Geometry) and Graph & Algorithms. The university also runs two undergraduate programs in Information Technology, one of which is a joint program with Heriot Watt University of the United Kingdom.

Institute for Cognitive Science Studies

The Institute for Cognitive Science Studies (ICSS) (Persian: پژوهشکده علوم شناختی) is a non-governmental institution in Tehran, Iran, committed to providing a research and educational environment that brings together the various disciplines that contribute to cognitive sciences.

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) is an international earthquake engineering and seismology institute based in Iran. It was established as a result of the 24th UNESCO General Conference Resolution DR/250 under Iranian government approval in 1989. It was founded as an independent institute within the Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

Iran National Science Foundation

The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) (صندوق حمایت از پژوهشگران کشور in Persian) is an Iranian government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the fields of science, engineering and medical science.

Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences

The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran (Persian: فرهنگستان علوم پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران) was formally inaugurated in the winter of 1990. It had received its mandate from the High Council of Cultural Revolution and Legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran two years earlier and its existence had been foreseen in the 1986 Charter of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. It is one of the four academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other three are: Academy of Sciences of Iran, Iranian Academy of the Arts and Academy of Persian Language and Literature.

Iranian Center for Translation Studies

Iranian Center for Translation Studies or ICTS is an Iranian research center working in affiliation with Allameh Tabataba'i University in order to initiate a translation movement and upgrade the status of translation in Iran.

Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation

Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation (IRANDOC) is an Iranian research center.

It was established in 1968 as the governmental organisation known as Iranian Documentation Centre to "bring modern information to scientists and professors". In March 1969 IRANDOC became part of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education's new Institute for Research and Planning in Science and Education, along with Center for Scientific Policy, Center for Educational Planning and the Center for Library Services. In 1970 it had a staff of 60 personnel, with 30 being college graduates, and seven had doctorates. When the Institute was disestablished in 1983, IRANDOC continued under the supervision of the Deputy Minister Office for Research.

A revised charter was approved by the Council for Development of Higher Education in 1991, changing its status to a research center and its name changed to its present form.

IRANDOC is a national member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and Association for Information Management (ASLIB).

Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology

Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) is a comprehensive science policy research center directly attached to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran which was approved and ratified by Revolutionary Council of Iran in 1980. IROST as the biggest research center in Iran, is chiefly engaged in development of strategies, policies, R&D systems, management, foresight and evaluation of related Science and Technology (S&T) development and S&T for economic progress.

Iranian Society Of Mechanical engineering

Iranian Society Of Mechanical engineering (ISME) founded in 1991 by some Iranian Mechanical engineers and professors (among them: Dr Mahdi Bahadori nezhad, Mr Mohammad Bagherian) to develop and enhance Mechanical Engineering in Iranian universities and industries. It is now responsible for annual mechanical engineering conference in Iran which is held in spring.

Khwarizmi International Award

The Khwarizmi International Award is given annually by the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in research, innovation and invention, in fields related to science and technology.

National Olympic Academy of Iran

National Olympic (and Paralympic) Academy of Iran (Persian: آکادمی ملی المپیک (و پارالمپیک) ایران) is a sporting academy situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the Olympics and Paralympics.

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET, also known as SAMPAD, Persian: سمپاد , which stands for سازمان ملی پرورش استعدادهای درخشان in Persian, Sazman-e Melli-e Parvaresh-e Estedadha-ye Derakhshan) are national Middle and High Schools in Iran developed specifically for the development of exceptionally talented students in Iran. NODET was first established in 1976 re-established in 1987 having its first branches in Hamedan and Kerman.

Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)

The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology is the government ministry of science, research and technology in the Islamic Republic of Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

Physical Society of Iran

The Physical Society of Iran or PSI (انجمن فيزيک ايران) is Iran's largest professional and academic physics society.

PSI is a non-profit organization aimed in establishing and strengthening scientific and research contacts between physicists and between academic members of the country's institutes of higher education in the field of physics.

Royan Institute

Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Stem Cell Biology and Technology is a leading Iranian biomedical research center involved in stem cell technology and regenerative medicine.

SAMT (Organization)

The Organization for Researching and Composing University textbooks in the Humanities (Persian: سازمان مطالعه و تدوین کتب علوم انسانی دانشگاه‌ها) or SAMT* (Persian: سمت) is a public organization and publisher in Iran established by the "High Council for Cultural Revolution" after the Iranian Cultural Revolution in 1985. The organization publishes academic textbooks and sources on humanities in Iranian universities.

Scientia Iranica

Scientia Iranica, under the auspices of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, established in 1991, is an international journal of science and technology with focus on theoretical and experimental research in technical sciences and engineering. Scientia Iranica provides a scholarly forum for the presentation of original scientific works, and promotes broad, multi-disciplinary communication between scientists globally.