President Rouhani: 1 billion in-person transactions replaced by digital systems in the last year
Iran’s Executive Council of Information Technology unveiled the newest platforms in its ongoing e-government initiative, writes CITNA. Among these new digital platforms are two pilot programs for the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. In addition to this, another trial for digital business licensing services will be launched in the Khuzestan and Bushehr provinces. If approved, the e-government platform would launch in June 2021.
Read more: Iran unveils new e-government components as digital ID importance grows
Iran's Deputy Minister Communications and Information Technology Hamid Fattahi and Russian Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maxim Parshin met and held talks online about cooperation on artificial intelligence, Trend reports citing İRNA.
The second meeting of Iran-Russia Cooperation Group on Communications and Information Technology was held online on Thursday.
Read more: Iran, Russia to cooperate on artificial intelligence research
E-Commerce Development Center of Iran will launch electronic signature system for order registration process in the next Iranian calendar month (starts on September 23), the chairman of the center announced in a press conference held at the place of the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade on Sunday.
Elaborating on the activities of E-Commerce Development Center, Ali Rahbari said this center is active in three sectors of e-commerce, e-government, and electronic certificate.
Read more: IR: E-Commerce Development Center to launch electronic signature next month
E-health, e-commerce, e-banking and development of the national information network helped Iran to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said at the meeting with parliamentary deputies of the various ministries, Trend reports citing IRNA.
'The core capacity of the National Intelligence Network has increased from 680 Gbps to 18,000 Gigabits per second in the last 2 years, Jahromi said.
Read more: Iran's ICT minister talks role of E-government in battling COVID-19
On Friday, the head of the administration e-government development center said that about 23 priority projects have to be implemented by various organizations for promoting e-government in Iran. Some of the projects on the agenda include e-tax, e-signature, e-health, and smart identity, said Sharareh Bakhtjou.
She explained that the projects would be completed by the end of March 2021. She added that the implementation of these projects would not only solve the problems of the citizens but also improve the e-government. She said that a working group comprising of our members was already formed for monitoring the activities of e-government.
Read more: Development Projects of Iran Regarding E-government