"Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution"

Source: Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post, June 6, 2008.

This article, which begins by describing a presentation by a U.S. Nobel Prize winning scientist at Sharif University in Iran, suggests that the Iranian nuclear science program might be viewed in the larger context of Iranian efforts to advance in science and technology generally. Not only is the will to such progress consistent with millenniums of Iranian history, but it is related to the hopes for economic progress in the country based on technological innovation.

The U.S.-Iranian scientific program that is mentioned in the article appears to be run by Glenn Schweitzer from the National Academies of Science, and to involve Norm Neureiter's shop at the AAAS. The two have been leaders in the U.S. in the promotion of scientific diplomacy for decades.