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home > fellows' stories > fall 2006 > iran

Iran Facing Dangerous Brain Drain

by Nazanin Rafsanjani, Fall 2006 NPR-Bucksbaum International Fellow
Reprinted with permission of NPR's "Morning Edition"

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January 15, 2007

 

Fall 2006 NPR-Bucksbaum International Fellow Nazanin Rafsanjani

Nazanin Rafsanjani reports from Iran.

An increasing number of young Iranian professionals are emigrating in search of work, despite the obstacles to obtaining work permits in developed nation. It's a brain drain with significant economic and social consequences for the Islamic Republic.

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