Human Rights: Dutch ban on Iranians being given access to sensitive scientific research

Radio Netherlands - Iranian students and lecturers at several Dutch universities have taken the state to court over a ban on Iranians being given access to sensitive scientific research, such as nuclear physics.

At Thursday's hearing at a court in The Hague, the students argued that the ban violates Dutch freedom of education and research. It is also discriminatory, as the ban applies to every Iranian national - even if they have lived in the Netherlands for decades, or if they were born in the Netherlands to Iranian parents.

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