shuttler said:The strength of Iranian's scientific contributions can only be better if you have counted the vast no. of scientists who are doing researches overseas with foreign passports.
yep, an example is Firouz Naderi, manager of NASA's Mars Exploration Program when the two robots were sent to Mars.
Firouz Naderi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I have seen many such examples. Iranian professors and students in the US that work for DoD, directly or indirectly through university fundings.
They could work in Iran too, but some of them have other priorities you know... They can't get along with an islamic regime. A terrorist state... So let's serve the good guys: the Americans!