Iranians barred from Swedish universities

[Dr_Willie_Feelgood]

From "The Local - Sweden's News in English"

http://www.thelocal.se/20822/20090721/

Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s Säpo security service.

So far two Swedish institutions – The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg – have decided to turn away applicants from Iran.

“For us it means that we don’t accept Iranian citizens to our masters programme in nuclear technology,” said Chalmers spokesperson Magnus Myrén to the TT news agency.



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Mixed feelings. One the one hand, it seems racist and playing into Neocon / RW paranoia. On the other, this planet needs FEWER nuclear power plants, not more.

[YOY]

1. Säpo Joke from a Swede I knew once.

"FREEZE MOTHER FUCKER!!! S. A-WITH-TWO-DOTS-OVER-IT. P. O.!!!"

Guess it's funnier when your'e drunk.

[el_bryanto]

2. What sort of power plants do you favor?

Or are you just suggesting we do with less power as whole?

Bryant

[Dr_Willie_Feelgood]

4. Solar, Wind, Wave, Geothermal

Ones that produce neither greenhouse gases nor radioactive waste.

[joeybee12]

3. If they were rejecting Swedes of Iranian descent I'd have a problem...

...can't say I do with this though.

[fujiyama]

5. I can see the reasoning behind this

Scandinavian countries have been burned in the past - for example AQ Khan was studying nuclear engineering and working in the Netherlands. Later turned out to be a bad idea letting him do that. Of course he also stole various plans.