The UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO) in Iran is hosted by the Iranian Space Agency (ISA). The RSO was established in 2009 under a cooperation agreement between ISA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN-OOSA). ISA is the national focal point for all space research and activities in Iran, as well as Remote Sensing and Tele-medicine. With the support of ISA, the RSO held several national and international workshops, training courses and exhibitions. RSO has implemented several projects in the field of disaster management and emergency response especially in Drought monitoring and forecasting, Earthquake damage assessment and fault movement and also Forest Fire detection. Developing a GeoPortal is one of the other undergoing projects of the RSO.