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Imprisoned Physicist Honored For Refusing To Work On Iran's Nuclear Program
New submitter I3MOUNTAINS writes "Omid Kokabee, a University of Texas graduate student who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than two years, received the American Physical Society's Andrei Sakharov human rights prize for refusing to collaborate on the country's nuclear program. In May, an Iranian court sentenced him to ten years in prison for 'communicating with a hostile government' and receiving 'illegal earnings.' The so-called 'illegal earnings' were the student loans he received while in Texas."
The article says he was studying lasers and optics. This makes him an unlikely choice for a nuclear anything program.
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"Iran has been pursuing a kind of uranium enrichment called SILEX which uses carbon dioxide lasers, the same kind of lasers that Kokabee was using in his graduate studies."
The so-called 'illegal earnings' were the student loans he received while in Texas.
I hate to think how much compound interest he will have accumulated while in jail.
Well, something that will never get nuked are that guys student loans.
"Iran is now 22nd among the top 25 places of origin for international students."
Yes, yes, but how high is it among the top 100?
Well, obviously if they're 22nd among 25 they would be 88th among 100th. /. these days.
Really, it's depressing how down is math level in