iran and environmental controversy

Question 1

iran science policies

Answer 1

• National Research Institute for Science Policy of Iran 2001
• Iran in pursuit of ‘knowlede economy’
• UNESCO analysis
• IRAN S&T (higher education, research and tech) have 6 main titles 2014
• ## Aim to define Irans higher education

Question 2

iran statistics of reserachers

Answer 2

Decrease fro 2006-2012 of full time reserachers

- Increase of literary rate among population since 2975-2017

Question 3

who was the environmentalist

Answer 3

KAVOUS SEYED EMAMI: IRAN-CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST January 2018

Question 4

Kavous Seyed Emami case

Answer 4

• DEATH in Iranian Prison; accused of espionage [‘gathering classified intelligence in strategic areas under guise of scientific and environmental work- Tehran Prosecutor General Dolotabadi]
• Member of Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation; Iran Environmentalist Group
• 63 years old; said he committed suicide (claim rejected by Family)

Question 5

analysis of kavous

Answer 5

• Analysis: errests of environmentalists as part of wider confrontation etween reformtists/conformsits in Iran over economic and social issues’
• 13 others have been detained as well

Question 6

issues about environment in iran

Answer 6

pollution, water scarcity and drying up wetlands= underlying factor of upwelling of public discontent (growing public anger of state of environment and damage to the natural world)

• Academics demand that Hassan Rouhani (president) answers after his death

Question 7

iranian president

Answer 7

hassan rouhani

Question 8

kavey madani

Answer 8

Kavey Madani: symbol of Rouhani government to ‘reverse brain drain’

• Persuaded by Imperial College London to surve as Irans Environment country
• Symbol to reverse bain dain; but left i
• Water conservation expert; expertise and international profile
• Mass environmental activist arrests in iran

Question 9

madani quote

Answer 9

‘yes the accused fled form a country where virtual bullies push against science, knowledge and expertise and resort to conspriracy theories to find a scapegoat for all problems because they know full well that finding an ememy, spy or someone to blame is much easier than accepting a responsibility and complicity in a problem’