by Mahdieh Tavakol*

Not all science in Iran is nuclear.

In recent years, we have heard a lot of news about Iran’s scientific growth. In 2010 the New Scientist wrote that ”scientific output has grown 11 times faster in Iran than the world average, faster than any other country” and in 2011 it announced that “Iran has the fastest rate of increase in scientific publication in the world”.[1] But how did Iran come to take this position and who is producing this science? Continue reading →