Iran to Decrease Scientific Cooperation with Britain
Iranian Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology Arsalan Qorbani announced the country's plans to decrease scientific cooperation with Britain after London started limiting activities of Iranian scientists and academicians.
"We decided to downgrade our scientific relations with Britain for its lack of attention to academic diplomacy, its hegemonic policy towards members of Iranian academic boards and imposing limitations on our scientists," Qorbani said on Monday.
He also reiterated that Iranian academics will decrease their attendance in the scientific gatherings and meetings in Britain from now on.
Meantime, Qorbani announced that Iranian academics and scientists have presented more essays in the conferences and scientific events all around the world during the current year, adding that Iran's international scientific cooperation with other countries is moving on an upward trend.
He underlined that Iranian university professors also have increased their participation in scientific conferences in European countries.
Following Britain's support for a group of wild demonstrators who disrespected Islamic sanctities and damaged private and public amenities and properties on December 27, members of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission drafted bill of a law requiring the country's Foreign Ministry to cut relations with Britain.
The British government's blatant stance and repeated remarks in support of the recent unrests inside Iran and London's espionage operations and financial and media support for the opposition groups are among the reasons mentioned in the bill for cutting ties with Britain.
On April 20, Rapporteur of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazzem Jalali told reporters that the commission had sent letters to the ministries of intelligence, foreign affairs, economic affairs and finance, industries and mines, and commerce and asked them to compile a report on Iran's trade and economic interactions with London and submit it to the commission within a month.
He also confirmed a decision by the foreign ministry to ban Iranian students from studying at British universities.
Source: Farsnews.com
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