Minister stresses boosting Tehran-Baku cooperation in frequency, space, and infrastructure

Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi has underlined cooperation in the fields of satellite communications and infrastructure between Tehran and Baku.

The technical commonalities of Tehran and Baku can lead to convergence in the development of space-based services and spectrum management, Hashemi said in a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Rashad Nabiyev held on the sidelines of the 2025 World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25) in Baku.

He said that the relations between Iran and Azerbaijan have witnessed increase especially after President Masoud Pezeshkian’s recent visit to Baku.

The two countries enjoy long-standing friendship and inseparable bonds, he said adding that digital and infrastructure cooperation forms an important part of the strategic interests of the two nations.

He also highlighted one of the major challenges both countries have been facing is in the area of frequency arrangements and signal management in border areas.

Hashemi referred to the capacities of the two countries in digital governance, telecommunication networks, and the development of joint IT projects.

Iran is ready to expand cooperation in the fields of satellites, infrastructure, data transfer, and cybersecurity, he stated.

Tehran welcomes creating sustainable and strategic routes for data transfer (along the North-South corridor as well as East-West), he reiterated.

Meanwhile, Nabiyev welcomed drafting of a joint memorandum of understanding in the field of ICT.

He expressed Azerbaijan’s readiness to cooperate with Iran in developing sensing satellites, cybersecurity, and joint space projects.

Nabiyev emphasized the importance of creating joint data corridors and proposed forming a specialized ICT committee and holding B2B meetings to identify new capacities and partnerships between Iranian and Azerbaijani companies./irna