Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology
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Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) is a comprehensive science policy research center directly attached to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran which was approved and ratified by Revolutionary Council of Iran in 1980. IROST as the biggest research center in Iran/Persia, is chiefly engaged in development of strategies, policies, R&D systems, management, foresight and evaluation of related Science and Technology (S&T) development and S&T for economic progress.
IROST under takes commissioned research with International Organizations such as,
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Organization of Islamic Conference Standing Committee on Scientific & Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH)
- Commission on Science & Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS)
- Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)
- Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
- International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA)
- Asian Pacific Center for Transfer of Technology (APCTT)
- Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)