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Other names: IROST
Address: Forsat St., No. 71
Ferdowsi Square
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Location: Tehran
Website: http://www.irost.org/; http://www.irost.com/
Phone: +98 21 88 38 323
Fax: +98 21 64 38 357
Subordinate to: IROST is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education.
Size: Seven research departments (electrical and computer, biotechnology, chemical, mechanical, agriculture, materials and metallurgy, and the department of technical development studies). In addition, IROST also maintains research centers in Arak (a research center and an industrial center), Esfahan, Tabriz, Shahrood, Shiraz, Kerman, Gilan, and Mashad.
Primary Function: IROST is committed to improving "the scientific and technical skills in both the public and private sector by supporting the scientists and researchers in [the] technical and financial [arenas]." The primary thrust of IROST, judging from its website, appears to be information technology. It offers website development and web-hosting services.
History: IROST was established in 1980.
Key Sources: IROST, <http://www.irost.org/>; Biotechnology Institute of IROST, <http://biotech.irost.net/>; Persian Type Culture Collection, <http://database.irost.net/>; Don Sutton, "Harmful Fungi Requested by Iranian, Scientist Says," Globe and Mail (Toronto), 14 August 1989, p. A1; "Iran's Mustard and Nerve Gas," Jane's Foreign Report, 20 May 1993, volume/issue: 000/2256; "Clerical Regime's Quest for biiological Weapons & Germs Arsenal," Remarks to the Press by Soona Samsami, US Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, 26 January 1999, p. 2; "Magazine Outlines Biotechnology Research Centers in Iran," Ettela'at-e Elmi (Tehran), 14 May 2001, in FBIS Document IAP20010514000001, 15 May 2001; Gudio Olimpio, "Khatami to Visit Rome on European Mission," Corriere della Sera (internet version), 4 February 1999; in "Italian Daily Cites MKO Report on Iran's CBW Program," FBIS Document FTS19990204000672, 4 February 1999.
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