Zakani: Tehran must become a smart city

Emphasizing the necessity of using science and technology in urban management, the mayor of Tehran said: Our goal is to transform Tehran into a smart city and beyond a creative city.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Alireza Zakani, in the signing ceremony of the memorandum between Tehran Municipality and the Presidential Vice President for Science and Technology, pointing to the necessity of using scientific and technological capacities to solve urban problems and improve the quality of life of citizens, he stated: We must use science and technology, while solving existing problems, to provide new capacities for progress and create more suitable living conditions in the city, and take steps in the direction of building a strong Iran.

He stated that the empowerment of urban management is not possible without the use of technology, and added: "Technology makes it possible to shorten long development paths and reach our goals faster." Also, we must solve the various problems of the city on the basis of knowledge, technology and innovation and use the existing capacities to serve transformation and change.

The mayor of Tehran considered creating an identity based on knowledge and technology as one of the important goals of urban management and stated: Tehran has unique capacities and one of the privileged identities of this city can be the identity of knowledge, technology and innovation. The capital has a large capacity of students and human resources, and we must use these capabilities in a targeted way in the path of urban development.

Emphasizing the necessity of turning Tehran into a model for other cities in the country, Zakani continued: the field of effective interaction and communication with scientific and technological capacities should be provided at the level of the country so that Tehran can benefit from the capabilities of other groups and, in return, provide its services and capacities to others. This two-way interaction can create synergy and progress at the national level.

Referring to the measures taken to develop innovation infrastructure in the capital, he said: In this direction, measures such as the establishment of the relevant organization, the pursuit of science and technology park permits, and the development of innovation areas have been put on the agenda. Also, capacities such as Velayat Park and related satellite complexes can play a role in expanding technological activities and forming a network of innovation centers.

The mayor of Tehran listed science as one of the main components of the country's power and pointed out: science and technology are important factors of national superiority and authority, and we must put Tehran's capacities in the service of strengthening these components and advancing the goals of a strong Iran and Islamic Iran.

Zakani, expressing his satisfaction with the expansion of cooperation with the Vice President of Science and Technology, expressed his hope that this MoU will become the basis for a significant increase in joint cooperation and added: Past cooperation can be developed with the signing of this MoU and herald the beginning of a great transformation in Tehran.

In the end, he emphasized: the perspective of urban management is to transform Tehran into a smart city and beyond a creative city; A city that can use its internal capacities in the best way, take advantage of the surrounding capabilities and at the same time contribute to the development and progress of other parts of the country through interaction and cooperation.