TEHRAN -- The Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran plans to establish a science and technology park in Oman, an official has said.
“The plans for establishing Iran’s science and technology parks are being implemented in Qatar, the UAE and Oman by a working group from the Amirkabir University in order to introduce technologies developed in Iran to the world market,” said Rouhollah Baqerzadeh, the director of scientific and international cooperation department of the university. 
He said the university plans for strategic partnership with Oman by setting up a science and technology park in the country.
He touched on several plans in the works, including establishing Amirkabir University branches abroad.
“This project is being pursued in Turkey, Oman and the Central Asian states so that we can open at least one branch of this university abroad,” Baqerzadeh said.
About 9,300 knowledge-based companies and a similar number of start-ups are operating in 45 science and technology parks in Iran.
Officials say despite sanctions imposed on Iran over the past few decades, the export of knowledge-based products has roughly reached one billion dollars per year.