داستان ویزای فرانسه

مدتی پیش در نیچر مقاله ای بود در مورد سخت گیری های کنسولگری های فرانسه در دادن ویزا به ایرانی ها.

من مشکل خود مان را در کامنت ها مطرح کردم.

وقتی مجله ای به اعتبار و اهمیت نیچربه چنین مسئله ای می پردازد حتما ما ایرانی ها باید از فرصت استفاده کنیم و مسایل خود را پیش بکشیم. البته خود موضوع شاید با این کار حل نشه، ولی باعث می شه در موارد دیگه بتونیم امتیاز بگیریم. این هم جزو توصیه ها یی بود که پسکین به من کرده بود. البته این گونه نامه نگاری هم آداب خود را دارند. من سعی خود را کردم. ولی باید اعتراف کنم نوشته من در مقابل کامنت زیر ناپخته و بچگانه بود. باید تمرین کرد و یاد گرفت!

I am a "Directeur de recherche" at CNRS and I confirm such an absurd attitude from our authorities. On July 2006 I organized an international workshop and there were 4 Iranian scientists whose papers were accepted. I had sent them all the necessary acceptation and invitation letters with copies to the French embassy. During 2007 and 2008, I had selected a few excelent candidates between a great number of applications for PhD programs, Post-docs and sabbatical year to come to our laboratory (L2S, UMR8506, CNRS-SUPELEC-UNIV PARIS Sud 11), and as required I requested the authorisation and I got negative answer. With the director of our lab we even wrote letters to the direction of CNRS to implore this situation and to stress on the importance of these scientific exchanges. We did not get any answer. Once, I have been invited for a conference in Iran as a keynote speaker, but again I could not go to that conference due to the security authorities recommendation. This situation is absolutely not acceptable for the scientific community. Ali Mohammad-Djafari, Directeur de recherche au CNRS.
12 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Ali Mohammad-Djafari

دیدید نوشته آقای دکتر علی محمد-جعفری چه قدر محکم، مستدل و متین بود. اعتماد به نفس از کلام ایشان می بارد. من ایشان را نمی شناسم. تنها کامنت ایشان را خواندم. بیخود نیست که به یه جایی رسیده! اگر این گونه ایرانی ها در داخل و خارج بیشتر باشند و از حق ایرانی این گونه دفاع کنند، خیلی از مشکلات ما حل می شه. البته نباید فقط از ایرانی ها ی مقیم خارج که به جایی رسیده اند انتظار داشت! ما خودمون هم باید جربزه نشون بدیم.

یک ایرانی دیگه هم کامنت گذاشته بود که خوبه که ویزا نمی دن! استدلالش هم این بود که اگر ویزا ندهند، دانشمندان ایرانی در ایران می مانند و ایران را آباد می کنند و...

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These days, scientific research is an international endeavor. By closing the windows towards outside, no nation has any chance of progress in research. Even in a country like USA which has a well-established and prominent scietific community they heavily invest in inviting lecturers and speakers from abroad and in sending their scietists to meetings or courses held abroad. Iran has recently (and very gradually) started to have a little say in the world-class scientific scene. In fact, we regularly hold international meeting in our institute in which scientists and students from around the world participate. Last year a student came from the USA and spent few months here in Iran working on a project under the supervision of one of the researchers in our institute. We go abroad to participate in meetings or as post-docs but this does not mean we want to immigrate and leave our country forever. Such exchanges are vital for progress. To stop or normalize brain drain, the living conditions inside Iran has to be improved. Closing the doors is not a good solution. In fact, if those Iranian students who are currently abroad realize in case they return they will be denied going to conferences abroad, they may stop to consider returning to Iran even if the salaries back home is higher than what they would earn abroad.
13 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Yasaman Farzan