Engaging Iran

doi:10.1126/science.1154422

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Engaging Iran

Glenn Schweitzer¹ and Norman Neureiter²

Political acrimony in the wake of 9/11 quashed many already-constrained scientific interactions between the United States and Iran. Proposed Fulbright and sister-city programs that could have involved universities and medical facilities were also derailed, and obtaining U.S. visas for scientists became a major obstacle. And intensified confrontation over Iran's nuclear ambitions further increased political skepticism as to the value of scientific collaboration.

¹Norman Neureiter is the director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, Washington, DC. E-mail: nneureit{at}aaas.org.

²Glenn Schweitzer is the director of Eurasian Programs at the U.S. National Academies, Washington, DC. E-mail: gschweit{at}nas.edu.

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