It is for a long period of time that Tehran based on its urbanising, extent, variety and internal diversity beside economic role as a metropolis, conducting Iranian culture due to a modern community. Therefore, geospatial analysis of this city is a useful mean to better identification of urban itself and its habitants. On the other hands, real time analysis of statistical data allows the managers to facilitate the decision making.

This directory covers more than 300 Iranian publicly funded institutions involved in research and development, which are listed under the main fields of science and technology. It contains information on organizations, their R & D staff, current research activities, major publications, etc.