TEHRAN (INIC)- Secretary of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council Dr. Saeid Sarkar downplayed the effects of scientific sanctions against Iran, and announced that the country has ranked 12 in the world in producing nanotechnology science.
Dr. Sarkar made the remarks in the closing ceremony of the Second Sciences and Technology Olympiad for Students on September 29, 2011. Dr. Ali Morad Rashidi, Head of Nanotechnology Research Centre of Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, was also the other lecturer of the ceremony.
Pointing to Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council’s activities in the promotion of nanoscience in the country, Dr. Sarkar stated in his speech that investment in the teaching of nanotechnology to adolescents plays a key role in the movement of this science in future.
He underlined Iran's 12th rank in the world and its first position among the Islamic countries in nanotechnology production, and predicted that the development of nanotechnology would have an ascending trend.
“More than 150 active companies are currently working in the field of nanotechnology,” he continued, “And some of our nanotechnology products are exported to other countries.”
Dr. Sarkar referred to the sanctions imposed on Iran in scientific fields, including nanotechnology, and announced that the existing sanctions are the beginning to new movements towards the production of nanotechnology devices.
According to him, the identification of potentials in this field is the main reason for the progress in nanotechnology.
Dr Rashidi, for his part, introduced RIPI’s activities in the field of nanotechnology, and said the formation of nanotechnology network in petroleum industry creates an appropriate atmosphere for the useful interactions between petroleum industry and nanotechnology.
He stressed the presentation of 15 nano products and achievements in petroleum industry, and pointed to the activities of nanotechnology network in petroleum industry and to the presented plans in this network.
