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HG

thank you for the list. at least some of the claimed cases must be true or else you would not be citing them. i guess you are inferring that iran's claims to scientific advancement are based on mere trickery, and that the new scientist web site's article cited earlier was written by people who do not have access to your wealth of secret knowledge on the subject of scientific advancement.  but i am still not sure whether i should take your word over that of a science magazine that is more qualified and/or more impartial in the subject matter than you or me. all other issues aside, we should take pride in, and be in awe of iranian scientists. on top of all the challenges they must face with all the restrictions and sanctions etc, they are now being targeted by assassins hired by terrorist states such as israel and usa. so it's a little disheartening to see some making feeble attempts at undermining their achievements. all power to them i say. innovation will create more dynamism, diversity and wealth in iran, leading to more demands for democracy, especially by women, who now constitute a clear majority in higher education in iran.

HG: thank you anyways. I

HG: thank you anyways. I saved a copy of your comment to use.  As you know  the  IRI-connected apologist habitually repeat the same propaganda over and over again for month on end.

vildemose, the list i

vildemose, the list i provided is by no means comprehensive.  in addition to the fraudulent research and degrees in iran, there are many limitations in academia.  they're banning certain majors, or in some cases, not taking new students.  tehran univeristy has virtually become a prison.  there are only 3 gates that are open for this university with heavy security presence (2 gates on 16 azar and one in keshavarz blvd.).  all other gates are padlocked.  it is amazing that the students in this environment can accomplish as much as they do.  no thanks to the islamic republic.

Dear hamsade, you have couple great comments on this thread

Hamsade jan, you have great comments on this thread. In one comment, you correctly point out how IRI apologists blame the IranAir crash on sanctions while they want to go to space. In the other comment, you discuss the issue of rampant and unethical practice of plagirism in publishing articles. There have been instances that I found people from Iran take credit for others' poems.  After that, I concluded that the concept of intellectual property and respect for it must not be understood widely in Iran. Once again, thanks for your great comments on this thread.

HG: Thank you for compiling

HG: Thank you for compiling this comprehesive list. The IRI is immersed in an unethical and immoral cesspool of their own making. I think one day even they themselves will tire of this charade as the commies did in Eastern blocks.

no shortage of khodforooshi in iran

a friend of mine who is a professor in a reputable university in iran tells me first hand of the rampant and unethical practice of plagirism in publishing articles. he tells me that undergrads have multiple publications which consists of copy and pasting sections from others' research and just changing the data included in the research and changing the name of the country of the original research with 'islamic republic of iran.' 

there is not a shortage of intelligent academics in iran; even though, many are faced with unemployment, underemployment and compensation below market value.  but in order to understand the depth of fraud and corruption that exists in iran, one just has to look at the top. 

below, you can read this phenomenon in the first article and a string of academic fraud by the people who are running the country.  this is just scratch of the surface. 

Iran's publish 'at any cost' mentality blamed for surge in academic fraud

//www.natscience.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/chem/11065/Iran-s-publish-at-any-cost-mentality-blamed-for-surge-in-academic

ali akbar mehrabian, iran’s minister of industry guilty of academic fraud

//www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/ali-akbar-mehrabian-iran_n_245724.html

kamran daneshjoo, minister of science, research and technology, one of the engineers of 2009 election fraud in iran, guilty of academic fraud

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamran_Daneshjoo

//latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/08/iran-proposed-education-minister-accused-of-making-up-his-own-degrees.html

//www.nature.com/news/2009/090930/full/461578a.html

ahmadinejad and mehrabian guilty of academic fraud

Ahmadinejad was allegedly involved in a fraud in which he along with Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Mousa Mazloum in 2005 published an invention by Farzan Salimi, claiming it as their own. The idea for an "earthquake saferoom"—a design for a fortified room in homes in case of disaster was owned by Farzan Salimi, an Iranian researcher and engineer.”

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad

hamid behbahani, minister of roads and transportation, guilty of academic fraud

“Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran”

//www.nature.com/news/2009/091209/full/462704a.html

ever wondered how many fake articles ahamadinejad has written.  just go to his old advisor’s (behbahani’s) website (//www.iust.ac.ir/find-32.6119.7284.en.html) and count them.  here’s one from 2007!:

Behbahani, H., Ahmadi Nejad, M., Eghbalian, A., Identification, Classification and Evaluation of Parameters Affecting Variable Message Signs (VMS) Location in Urban Highway, Quarterly Journal of Road and Transportation Engineering, No. 58, Summer 2007, PP. 56-70.

ali kordan, interior minister in 2008, guilty of academic fraud

//www.nature.com/nature/journal/v462/n7274/full/462699a.html

the list goes on...

aalam-e haparoot - IRI will produce Benz and BMW from scratch 2

Pictures from the assembley line:

BMW:

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Benz:

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Here is the hybrid car

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no shortage of 'kar o lol' in this place

i know it's hard for ignorant americans to fathom, but take a load of this prince-e aziz:

quote:

Scientific output has grown 11 times faster in Iran than the world
average, faster than any other country. A survey of the number of
scientific publications listed in the Web of Science database shows that growth in the Middle East – mostly in Turkey and Iran – is nearly four times faster than the world average. 

that should be enough to get any iranian high, but i guess you americans will do nothing but ridicule. it's one of your major contributions to the world these days. and little else...

Sepah's " Space Program" financed by dealing drugs, see details

LOL Niloufar

What the hell are you smoking?!! What 2010 scientific achievements? Trying miserably to build a bomb and failing? Or you're talking about perfecting the science of "Running over people with a truck"? If you're talking about Antari volunteering for monkeys in space program, I am sorry, he was turned down. I suggest you take a family vacation to Evin and Kahrizak for a couple of weeks. You know, just to show your own kids a little about the true achievements of your beloved employer. I am sure you will all learn a lot and will enjoy the company of Hossein bazjoo and Co.  

funny comments on this

funny comments on this thread.  i especially liked the link that shifteh provided and faramarz's star trek parody.  yep, the only koreh the rish o pashm will be going to is koreh shomali.  first you've got to learn fly the toplolov before you fly a rocket ship.  on one thread the regime supporters want us to believe that the air crashes in iran are because of sanctions and not the incompetence of islamic republic, and on this thread they want us to believe how competent ir is in space technology.

sam jade, the sangak at 500 toman is including subsidies.  the price on the free market (in some bakeries in northern suburbs) are as much as 1500 toman.

LOL!!! I guess if you can't keep a 737 in the air

I guess if you can't keep a 737 in the air, you can always claim that you will be landing on Mars soon.  

Another show for the gullible...and the wanna be, West residing believers... :-))

excellent achievement

Iran was one of the fastest growing countries in scientific terms in 2010.

let's hope we continue to see many more advancements like this.

not a single noteworthy scientific or technical acheievemnt... .

for 32 years in Iran, under the islamist regime. 

Let's face it, the foundations of any (now at best stagnant) industrial and scientific establishments in Iran were laid by no other than shah pahlavi. From sharif university  to steel and car production, even to nuclear power generation @ bushehr (of course under shah, busher had the blessing of west and would have been an advanced German design instead of the chernobyl style russian disaster, which is invoking threats of military strike on our country).

This disaster of scientific and technological stagnation is yet another legacy  of this shameful episode in our history known as "islamic republic". 

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

..mor demogaugic

..more demogaugic (sp)economic/scientific policies to fool the religious nut cases...

havapeymaha zert o zert

havapeymaha zert o zert miofteh, ishoon beh fekre maahvarast! 

فضا، مرز بی انتها

کهکشان

فضا، مرز بی انتها

محمود در نقش کاپیتان کرک: چرک هستم!

در حال انجام ماموریت خود در ایران : برای اکتشاف دنیاهای عجیب و غریب جدید ، به دنبال فرم های زندگی جدید و تمدن جدید ، به جسورانه برو جایی که هیچ مردی از قبل آنجا نرفته است!  

Now it is our shuttles turn to crash

Well, that turtle must have sent very encouraging news from the space. Apparently there is less pollution over there.

Stop colouring donkeys mamouti and get some gas extracted before Qatar has finished it if you can.

No space for funny chaps!

Our achievements in science and technology should be regarded as our national source of pride, absolutely independent from the regim. Good, very good. 

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

محمود گاگارین

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بسیار جالب بود

من نمیدانم به کدام فضا میخواهیم برویم ، وقتی فقر گرسنگی و بیکاری در نتیجه فحشا در ایران بیداد میکند، آیا با فضا رفتن که هزینه بسیار زیادی در بّر درد ، مشکلات ایران برطرف میشود؟

کدام کشور گرسنه ،روی زمین را از یاد میبرد و بفکر فضا می‌باشد؟

 نان سنگک  ۵۰۰ تومان ،،گوش کیلویی ۲۲۰۰۰ تومان ،، ماهواره توی سرت بخوره مرتیکه کثافت شکم مردم را اول سیر کن ،

حالا اینهم درست شد ،توی فضا میخواهید چه غلطی بکنید ، امام زمان که در چاه است.. اینها که میگویند این دنیا را ول کنید و بفکر آخرت باشید ..

اینها راست راستی‌ مردم را گوسفند فرض کرده‌اند.کسانی که از علم مدیریت و اقتصاد در روی زمین هیچ نمیدانند

حتما فضا را هم میخواهند اسلامی کنند