Sina Smart Holding Becomes the Country’s First National Data Operator

Tehran (IRNA)– The CEO of the Artificial Intelligence Holding of the Mostazafan Foundation announced that the holding has successfully obtained a National Data Operator license from the government’s AI Development Headquarters, becoming the first organization in the country to do so.

According to IRNA, citing the Department of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, Mehdi Rouhani-Nejad stated that the National Data Operator license was approved by the government’s AI Headquarters in the final months of the previous Iranian calendar year and officially issued earlier this year.

Explaining the role of a national data operator, Rouhani-Nejad said its primary responsibility is to create an AI-driven platform for comprehensive data management and analysis. The platform will be capable of collecting, cleaning, and standardizing diverse, heterogeneous, and large-scale datasets from various sources. It will then employ intelligent models to analyze data, extract actionable insights, automate processes, and develop smart agents.

He added that since data held by government agencies, public institutions, and major industries is often fragmented and decentralized, the platform has been specifically designed to collect, aggregate, and integrate these datasets. The system will also ensure security and privacy while facilitating secure data sharing among organizations—enabling managers to make decisions based on up-to-date information and comprehensive AI-powered analytics.

The CEO emphasized that data-driven decision-making, the creation of a data marketplace, and the intelligent transformation of industries are among the core objectives behind launching the data operator within Sina Smart Holding.

Rouhani-Nejad further noted that in addition to the National Data Operator license, a National Data Marketplace license has also been issued. This marketplace will allow different organizations to share data in full compliance with security standards, helping to automate and modernize processes across various sectors. All data transfers will be conducted strictly in accordance with existing security protocols and standards.

Referring to the priority sectors targeted by the Mostazafan Foundation, he said the foundation intends to deploy the platform in areas such as:

• Food security  
• Intelligent supply chain management  
• Multimodal transportation  
• Fraud detection and risk management  
• Industrial digital transformation and automation  

According to Rouhani-Nejad, in the field of food security, managers will be able to more accurately monitor supply and demand for agricultural and livestock products, manage distribution and sales processes, and identify factors contributing to potential market imbalances.

Regarding the required investment, he stated that preliminary estimates indicate approximately 3,000 billion tomans will be needed to complete the platform.

The CEO also noted that various components of the platform are currently being developed by subsidiaries of the holding company, and some operator services are already available to companies affiliated with the foundation. Based on current plans, the full range of the operator’s services is expected to be launched within the next year.

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