The Iranian Connection

In an editorial entitled ‘Time to Connect’, the editors of the magazine Nature extended an invitation to Iranian scientists to connect with their western counterparts in various scientific fields in a spirit of cooperation. The subject alluded to in that article concerned Iran’s nuclear energy program, which is so charged by political issues on both sides that I am sure they had little response from Iranian scientists in that respect. We Iranians fully realize that we are considered a pariah state and are thus ostracized by the international community as they rightly mentioned in their editorial. It is unfortunate that in this light, all our historical achievements in science, poetry, or statesmanship are ignored and mocked with historically incorrect depictions.