Vice President for Science and Technology Appointed

President Ebrahim Raisi in a decree appointed Roohollah Dehqani Firoozabadi as vice president for science and technology affairs.

Special attention is expected to be paid to increasing knowledge-based production and employment, paving the ground for the realization of the governance of basic sciences, developing Iran's domestic innovation system, as well as problem-oriented investment in basic sciences and humanities during the new term, the decree reads.

Dehqani Firoozabadi had earlier served as head of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, deputy head of the Islamic Azad University for research, technology and innovation, deputy head of Sharif University of Technology for cultural and social affairs and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and member of the academic staff of Sharif University of Technology.