“The purpose of development of nano is to create wealth and increase the life quality,” said the vice-secretary of the special headquarters of nanotechnology.

“Iran should be able to reach the 15th grade in this technology by the next 10 years and should directly earn 10 billion Dollars,” added Saaber Mirzaaei.

“Creating electron-based microscopes which are of the complicated measuring systems are of the most successful achievements were reached by nanotechnology,” he continued.

“A special particular fund has devoted for this in order to support the active people of the field,” he affirmed.

“In the year 2000, Iran was the world’s 60th country and Islamic countries’ 6th and is 20th in the world and first among the Islamic countries, in 2008,” stated Mirzaaei.

A festival for exhibiting abilities of nanotechnology has opened today in the Center for Mental Culture of Children and Youth, located in the street “Hejaab” of Tehran and will be continued until the 24th of the month Mehr.\

Reported By: Mojgan Sattar

Translated By: Aref Mohammadzadeh