Iran has indeed made great progress in R&D and scientific research. Iran roughly graduates the same number of engineers and post graduates as Russia, nearly half of them women. Iran would even progress more if the idiotic mullahs removed some of the hijab nonsense and social restrictions that are stifling Iranian society and leading to a brain drain. Even Arabs, whose religion the Iranians adopted 1400 years ago have moved beyond social restrictions. Pakistan, Turkey and most of the Arab world do not have any social restrictions on female attire. A recent article in Forbes:
Set To Take Over Tech: 70% Of Iran's Science And Engineering Students Are Women
70% of of Iran's
science and engineering students are women, and in a small, but promising community of
startups, they’re being encouraged to play an even bigger role.
The common myth about women in Iran is that they are seen, but not heard, that they’re not permitted to drive, that they are second-class citizens, and that entrepreneurship and positions of power are out of reach. These notions are wrong. For years, women in Iran have owned and managed businesses, many of them in male dominant industries like oil and gas, construction, mining, and now
tech. And now, with such a high number graduating with degrees in science and engineering, there’s a push to get women more involved in Iran’s blossoming startup scene.