June 21, 2005

U.S. organization suspends ban on Iranian authors

Dear all:

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has decided to suspend its resolution banning publications from embargoed countries and today has sent the following message to the authors. [See below]

Congratulation to our colleagues in Iran, and many thanks to the US media that helped us to publicize the issue.

Regards,
Fredun Hojabri
Board member of SUTA

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The Board has suspended implementation of the embargoed nations policy that they approved on 11 May. They will formally reconsider the policy at their 1 September meeting.

Consequently, we have reinstated all of the manuscripts that were withdrawn in May and have notified the authors accordingly. The Iranian reviewers also have been reinstated.AIAA editorial staff will make every effort to expedite the handling of the reinstated papers. Please do the same on your end, giving them some priority because of the month-long delay to which they've been subjected. [See previous]

Thanks,

Norma

Norma Brennan
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Reston, VA 20191
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