Iran has witnessed a 20-fold growth in economic gains from nanotechnologies in the past four years, announced the country's vice-president for science and technology in Tehran on Sunday.
Sorena Sattari underscored that Iran has entered from the scientific boom to economic one in the fields of nanotechnologies, IRNA reported.
Despite Iran's economic hardships, he said, the country's nanotechnology has seen an annual growth of 120 percent during the said period.
Sattari reiterated that some 35 percent of total Iranian nano products have been exported while the rest has been sold in the domestic market in the year to mid-March 2016.
He noted that that Iranian nano-products valued at $4.31 million were exported to more than 20 countries including Iraq, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russia, South Korea last year.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reiterated that Iran should continue to make further progress in the field of nanotechnology and biotechnology thus establishing a role model for progress for other sectors.
The Leader considers 'accurate planning' and 'stability in management' as among the factors that can contribute to continued progress in nanotechnology.
