{"name":"Applied AI in Iran — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Iran, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/iran","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Iran","slug":"iran","iso2":"IR","region":"Middle East & North Africa"},"counts":{"entries":19,"deployments":11,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":0,"regulation":8,"industries":8,"countries":1,"linked":19},"entries":[{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Communications Regulatory Authority (Iran)","text":"Iran's Communications Regulatory Authority now grants artificial intelligence permits through one electronic counter at cra.gov.ir, the most concrete piece of Iran AI regulation yet. Firms lodge a request, then track it to preliminary approval and issue. Under the artificial intelligence licensing regime a holder may stand up compute and hosting, then market text, vision, speech and model-building products.","date":"2026-09-16","source":"https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/2275375"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis), Iran","text":"Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has sent the National AI Development Law to the government, and Iran AI regulation now bands systems as low, limited, high or very high risk. Which of the four bands a system lands in turns on transparency, privacy, employment and public health. A National AI Organisation answering straight to the president will carry the AI risk rules, and a security assessment centre must publish results every six months.","date":"2026-09-13","source":"https://www.zoomit.ir/iran-news/467113-iran-national-ai-development-law-explained/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran and the Guardian Council","text":"Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly voted through amendments to the National AI Development Plan at a session on 28 Mordad 1405. This Iran AI policy, formally the National AI Development Plan, then went to the Guardian Council, which examined the amended text on 4 Shahrivar 1405 and declared it consistent with Islamic law and the Constitution, clearing its last legal hurdle.","date":"2026-08-26","source":"https://www.shora-gc.ir/fa/news/11421/%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%DB%8C"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","role":"Judge","org":"Judiciary of Iran, Statistics and Information Technology Centre","text":"Iran's judiciary unveiled 'Smart SAMP', an AI case management system first piloted in three provinces, South Khorasan, Qom and Lorestan, from Dey 1404 (late December 2025 to January 2026). Judges each get an assistant that answers legal queries using legal sources and harmonises precedents and advisory opinions, while smart tools handle case referral and expert-review assignment, says the judiciary's statistics and IT centre head.","date":"2026-02-15","source":"https://www.javanonline.ir/fa/news/1344700/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Iran","role":"Insurance claims handler","org":"Alborz Insurance","text":"Alborz Insurance (بیمه البرز) has rolled out insurance claims automation in Iran through a new assistant unveiled at the International Insurance and Development Conference, letting policyholder paperwork clear without any staff touching it. Files uploaded to the system get checked in under two minutes, then pass straight through to payout. The insurer bills it as the industry's first AI-powered claims handling tool, aimed at cutting errors and quickening settlements.","date":"2025-12-02","source":"https://poollnews.ir/478079/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Iran","role":"Retail banking customer","org":"Bank Mellat","text":"Bank Mellat's Dima app gives customers an AI banking assistant that carries out requests spoken or typed. On Android and the web, Dima also lets customers open accounts remotely, move money, request cards and use video banking. Bank Mellat claims Dima is Iran's first banking app whose voice-driven AI assistant adapts to users' age, gender and preferences.","date":"2025-11-18","source":"https://www.ecc.news/fa/news/231929/tjrbh-bankdary-w-hwsh-msnwy-dr-aplykyshn-jdyd-bank-mlt"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Iran","role":"Customer service agent","org":"Hamrah-e Aval (MCI)","text":"IVA (Interactive Voice Assistant) handles MCI calls as Iran's first fully Persian AI voice assistant for telecom customer service, running 24 hours a day, seven days a week via Persian natural language processing. Hamrah-e Aval, the biggest carrier, folds this AI-powered telephone customer service assistant into digital transformation.","date":"2025-11-03","source":"https://digiato.com/iran-technology-news/hamrahe-avval-launches-iva-an-ai-powered-voice-assistant"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Sales & Commercial","region":"Iran","role":"Online seller","org":"Divar","text":"Iran's classifieds platform Divar now lets دستیار فروش, its AI sales assistant, field buyer calls and haggle over prices on sellers' behalf. Within limits sellers define upfront, the tool chats or talks around the clock and fixes viewing appointments without human input. Each national ID unlocks one free run; further use costs ۴۹ هزار تومان on ordinary listings and ۶۹ هزار تومان on job ads under this automated bargaining tool.","date":"2025-10-27","source":"https://itiran.com/2025/10/27/%d9%87%d9%88%d8%b4-%d9%85%d8%b5%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b9%db%8c-%d8%ac%d8%af%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%af%db%8c%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%a7-%da%86%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%87-%d9%85%db%8c/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"HR & People","region":"Iran","role":"HR recruiter","org":"Snappmarket","text":"Snappmarket, the grocery delivery unit of Snapp group, has introduced an AI hiring assistant named Banafsheh to run first-round job interviews, built in partnership with startup Highlight. Trial participants called the process modern, transparent and motivating, citing lower anxiety and greater fairness than ordinary phone screenings. Snappmarket claims to be Iran's first firm hiring staff via this AI-driven interview screening, freeing HR teams from manual early-stage interview work.","date":"2025-10-20","source":"https://startup360.ir/snappmarket-highlight-ai-hiring-assistant-banafsheh/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Iran","role":"Lawyers, judges, legal professionals","org":"Iranian Judiciary","text":"Voice or text queries now reach RoboLegal, Iran's first AI legal robot, mining a database of Iranian statutes and rulings. Built for people priced out of representation or far from urban courts, it debuted in Tehran. Judges and lawyers also gain a tool for routine paperwork, cutting delays through AI in legal services.","date":"2025-09","source":"https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2025/09/16/755125/RoboLegal-heralds-expansion-of-Iran%E2%80%99s-tech-ecosystem-"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","role":"Government ministers, President","org":"Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy","text":"Officials have moved Iran's AI assistant for government decision-making, dubbed the 'AI for the President' project, into active rollout, Hossein Afshin said. Executive-agency data now streams into smart dashboards, arming the cabinet with immediate recommendations on pricing, tariffs and broader economic strategy. An AI-based cabinet decision support system is expected to yield its first tangible output before the Iranian year closes.","date":"2025-07-30","source":"https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6546336/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%AF"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Iran","role":"Steel production operator","org":"Sangan Steel Pelletizing","text":"Iran's Sangan Steel Pelletizing began testing AI in steel production in 2025 via its SMARTizing scheme, mining historical output figures to anticipate porosity and cold crushing strength before they occur. Ideal settings emerge through machine learning, shrinking energy and raw material demands. This steel industry AI effort stays pilot-stage, not yet fully rolled out.","date":"2025-07-17","source":"https://www.steelradar.com/en/haber/sangan-steel-launched-an-artificial-intelligence-supported-efficiency-move-in-pellet-production-with-the-smartizing-project/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Manufacturing, Energy & Resources","region":"Iran","role":"Oil and gas production engineer","org":"Pasargad Energy Development Company","text":"Iran's oil and gas sector has gained artificial intelligence woven into Pasargad Energy Development Company's (PEDC) Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM) platform, paired with a freshly rolled-out Upstream AI Assistant (UIA) — described as the nation's first such tool built on large language models. Staff working the Sepehr and Jofeyr fields now get live output monitoring, forecasts guiding drilling decisions and automatic warnings, whilst UIA helps specialists retrieve technical answers from global databases rather than searching manually themselves. WRFM had already gone live back in December 2024, long before these AI-based upstream capabilities for petroleum work arrived.","date":"2025-05-25","source":"https://www.shana.ir/news/659294/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament)","text":"Lawmakers in Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly backed the National Artificial Intelligence Plan 187 votes to 33, one member abstaining, under an Iran AI policy that sets a 2032 deadline for ranking among the top 10 AI-harnessing nations worldwide. The outline requires AI use across 45% of industries, seeks a 12% GDP share from AI, and earmarks roughly $115 million for research and development funding. This marks approval of the plan's general framework, not a completed law, reflecting Tehran's wider push on national AI strategy.","date":"2025-05-18","source":"https://www.specialeurasia.com/2025/05/20/iran-ai-technology/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Council of Ministers of Iran","text":"Topping the charts for artificial intelligence capability throughout South-West Asia, while breaking into the worldwide top ten, sits at the heart of Iran's newly cleared Government Document on the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology — approved by the Council of Ministers on 24 Ordibehesht 1404 (14 May 2025) as the backbone of Iran AI policy. Governance now shifts to a purpose-built coordination body under this AI development and application framework, tasked with folding AI into strategic technologies, tightening data quality and safeguards, scaling up computing resources, lifting technical know-how nationwide, championing knowledge-based ventures, and fostering trustworthy AI adoption. Separate rules address who may reach public datasets, how AI marketplaces function, sandbox testing regimes built for AI, and the credentials demanded of contractors.","date":"2025-05-14","source":"https://www.licentium.io/ai-hub/iran"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Retail & Consumer","region":"Iran","role":"Online shopper","org":"Divar","text":"Divar, Iran's largest classifieds platform, has launched دستیار خرید, an AI shopping assistant for plain conversational buyer requests instead of fixed filters. It suggests comparisons, gives purchase advice and surfaces matching ads beyond standard search. This AI-powered shopping assistant remains a pilot, limited to property, vehicles, digital goods and certain appliances.","date":"2025-04-09","source":"https://itiran.com/2025/04/09/%d8%af%db%8c%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%b3%d8%b1%d9%88%db%8c%d8%b3-%d9%87%d9%88%d8%b4-%d9%85%d8%b5%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b9%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b3%d8%aa%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%ae%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%af-%d8%b1/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Administrative and Recruitment Organisation of Iran","text":"Every executive body bound by Iran's Civil Service Management Law must now deliver AI training for government employees, under Circular No 116958 (14/12/1403) from the Administrative and Recruitment Organisation. Coverage includes basic concepts, practical tools, governance issues and long-term strategy, building AI literacy among staff and showing where it fits into daily paperwork. Compliance updates are compulsory, with room for extra specialised sessions if gaps remain.","date":"2025-03-04","source":"https://khabarfarsi.com/u/209255702"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran","text":"Under Iran AI regulation, the Statute of the National Artificial Intelligence Organisation (NAIO) took effect on 10 July 2024, following a decree from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and the naming of its first Executive Director. Answering directly to the President of Iran rather than any ministry, this new national AI governance body pulls licensing, compute planning, technical standard-setting and sandbox oversight under one roof, while also driving forward a homegrown Persian large language model. Its founding statute further demands that data stay within national borders, that public-facing tools work in Persian, and that riskier applications like facial recognition undergo ethics review.","date":"2024-07-10","source":"https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-IR-NA-ORGANIZ-2024"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Iran","org":"Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran","text":"Iran's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution ratified the National Artificial Intelligence Document of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 29 Khordad 1403, launching an Iran AI policy of 14 policies and 11 major goals. A National AI Organisation and Steering Council for AI must now stand up, chasing a top-ten world AI ranking within ten years. Ministries and agencies inherit duties under this national artificial intelligence strategy, covering infrastructure, data, ethics and workforce skills.","date":"2024-06-19","source":"https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-IR-NA-NAIDIXX-2024"}]}