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'Iran loses $150 billion a year due to brain drain'
TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (MNA) – Every year, about 150,000 highly talented people emigrate from Iran, and this is equivalent to an annual loss of 150 billion dollars for the country, Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Reza Faraji Dana said on Tuesday.
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According to estimates of the 1990s, the training of each talented person costs the country about 1 million dollars, he added.
He went on to say that Iran is not opposed to the idea of students going abroad for academic studies, but it is perceptible how much Iran will suffer financially if these people do not return due to a lack of proper conditions at home.
Thus, it is essential that proper conditions are provided for the return of experts to the country, the Iranian science minister observed.
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