Brain Drain in Iran

Brain Drain in Iran

NCRI - Mohammad Farhadi, the Minister of Science in Rouhani’s cabinet, has acknowledged the brain drain in Iran under the rule of the Mullahs.
According to Tasnim news agency on October 3, in his speech at the International Science and Technology Forum in Kyoto, Japn, Farhadi pointed to the educated population in Iran and said: “there are 11 million, namely 17 percent of the population, with a college degree in Iran while five million students are currently studying in universities and research centers.”
The Minister of Science said: “we are facing a brain drain among the educated population which actually means the migration of the country’s skilled human resources.”
Farhadi stressed that the brain drain has undesirable effects on the development of countries and creates unknown variables. He added: “migration of the skilled workers from a country prevents it from having a sustainable development.”
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