According to the information center of national elites foundation,  Sorena Sattari, the vice
president for science and technology affairs, appreciated the work of Masoud
Karbasian, minister of economy and properties, and Valiollah Seif, head of the
central bank and the banking system, in a letter for paying 35 thousand billion
worth of facilities and a mean of four thousand billion IRR to knowledge-based
companies each month in 2017.

In this letter we read: “as you know, one of the main
activities of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs along with
the support of boarder-line research and commercialization of technologies and
culture building for knowledge-based economy is implementing the rules of
establishment and support of knowledge-based companies. Meanwhile, the actions
performed by relevant organizations have helped the extensive measures taken by
the Vice-Presidency to move toward a macro economy environment and create the
necessary infrastructures to develop knowledge-based economy. In this respect,
help of effective players of the field, such as banks and other financial
institutes, plays a significant role in moving toward knowledge-based business.

Providing facilities to knowledge-based companies by banks,
which are confirmed by the Vice-Presidency, increased from 1533,1 to 3709,7 IRR
in December, which is predicted to reach four thousand billion IRR each month,
making the total facilities into more than 35 billion IRR over a year, which is
a record in this area. Meanwhile, proper activities have been performed to
involve venture capitals.

Hereby, I express my appreciation with your work, hoping
that increased support of knowledge-based companies could lead to more
flourishing of knowledge-based economy.