Sanctions and the Scientific Community of Iran

Autor: Parviz Tarikhi
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sociology of Islam. 8:225-264
ISSN: 2213-1418
DOI: 10.1163/22131418-00802005
Popis: Sanctions on the scientific community of Iran go back to the days following the victory of the 1979 revolution when the severe pressures on the country commenced. Although it is still difficult to estimate quantitatively the impacts of sanctions on the Iranian scientific community, the qualitative estimations and in situ observations bolster the idea that sanctions, particularly those in recent decades, have led to an obvious decrease in the quality of Iranian scientific production. It has led to further cosmopolitanism of the Iranian scientific community in diaspora, and has strengthened extremism and predomination of hardliner attitudes domestically. This paper demonstrates the impact of foreign sanctions on the scientific community of Iran in addition to the already deplorable pressure initiated by the post-revolutionary ruling system and its administration.
Databáze: OpenAIRE