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ISG Report Released
Returning to
Iran:
Challenges and Promises
Iran’s brain drain trend has been the topic
of much concern and conversation inside and
outside of Iran. Statistics suggest that a large
number of Iran’s elite students and university
graduates who leave the country do not return.
There is a minority however who do select a
different path and return to Iran. A recent
qualitative study by ISG looks at the motivations,
successes, and satisfaction factors for this
group.
To See the complete report, click
here.
To read an extended abstract, click here.
To see a presentation in Farsi, click here.
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HIV/AIDS
history in Iran:
long time denial to breaking
the silence
Dr.
Kamiar Alaei
Saturday December 17th, In English
Click
here to listen to the lecture
Click
here to view the presentation
Click
here to view the video
Click
here to view Q&A session
Dr. Alaei describes the extent
to which drug use has ravaged Iran and propelled
the country into the world of HIV/AIDS. Their
program, which began in their hometown of Kermanshah,
grew slowly from a prison population study to
a program that treats the high-risk group of
injection-drug users, sex workers and HIV positive
clients. By use of peer counseling and peer
referral, the doctors have succeeded in capturing
the clients that were often too illiterate to
be able to read government help pamphlets. By
indirectly approaching the family through the
user-participants, the doctors hope to educate
the women of Iran, who will be transmitters
of the deadly HIV virus soon. By inviting key
religious leaders onto national drug and HIV
awareness committees, the brothers have swayed
their votes, prompting them to ask for the kinds
of treatments that they would ordinarily find
abhorrent to their beliefs. Their story is compellingly
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Project
Connection:
Internship Opportunities
in Iran,
for Iranians
Abroad
In Collaboration with IAAB,
ISG has launched a new project to benefit both
Iranians abroad and Iranian institutions. Project
connection aims at providing information for
Iranians abroad to find internship and volunteer
opportunities for duration of stay when travelling
to Iran. This project helps build a bridge between
Iranian diaspora and Iran, and benefits both.
Please visit the project connection website
for more information:
http://www.project-connection.org
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Role of Young Iranian Expatriates
in Development of Iran
Focus
on Bam
Dr. Baquer Namazi
Date: Saturday November 19th
To listen to the audio file click here
To view
the presentation click here
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A Look Into Iran’s Nuclear
Crisis
Dr. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
To Listen to the lecture,
click here
(in Farsi)
To watch the lecture click here
Date: Saturday November 5th
Time: 5-6:30
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MIT
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Iran
Analysis Quarterly
Volume
2 Number 4
July-September
2005
Editorial: Iran, Rogue State? Ali Mostashari
Iran’s June 2005 Presidential Election and the Question of Governance
Ali Abootalebi
Divine Suffering In Shi'ism: Origins And Political Implications
Valerie Saturen
Human Rights’ Discourses In Contemporary Iran:
Traditionalists, Religious Modernists And Islamic Post-Modernists
Saeid Golkar |
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ISG/SUTA Outstanding Thesis Awards
Call for Award Application
Deadline Extended to December
31, 2005
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