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Tehran (IP): Iran's President said on Monday that the knowledge-based economy can push and move Iran forward to reduce the gap with the developed countries.

Iran PressIran News: Referring to the increase of the number of the knowledge-based companies from 55 companies to nearly 6,000 companies, Hassan Rouhani said: "The knowledge-based economy can move our country and we can reduce the gap with the developed countries."

Hassan Rouhani on Monday in the inauguration ceremony of national knowledge-based projects under the office of Vice President for Science and Technology called today's inaugurations valuable and said: "Our provinces are moving in the direction of launching innovation factory, which are the center for all knowledge-based companies. Our accelerators are provided in each province with an innovation factory. Today, an innovation factory was opened in Kermanshah."

The President added: "In addition, the electric bus is very important for the future of transportation," said Rouhani.

He continued by referring to the importance of the National Observatory, saying: "Our country has long been a country of science and knowledge in various fields, including astronomy."

Rouhani added: "In our history, the Maragheh Observatory is famous and used to be a center used for astronomy. In this direction, it was necessary to create a new movement in this historically critical period in the country."

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