Sanctions on Iran slow science, slam a scientist

Abstract

"We feel the noose tightening," says Hashem Rafii-Tabar of the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) in Tehran, referring to the United Nations sanctions against Iran. On 9 June the UN Security Council passed new sanctions, mainly targeting businesses and banks, to curtail Iran's nuclear program. It's the fourth round of sanctions since 2006. One individual is also included: Javad Rahighi, a nuclear and accelerator physicist who says he has been singled out mistakenly. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.