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    Report: 1,000 Iranian college students change majors to nuclear physics

    Five days after a nuclear scientist in Iran was assassinated, more than 1,000 students in Tehran’s universities announced their intention to apply or change their major to nuclear physics.

    Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, an official at the Natanz nuclear facility, was killed when a motorcycle-borne assailant attached a magnetic bomb to his car and rode way before the explosion. Iran continues to pursue what it calls a “right” to “peaceful nuclear energy,” even in the face of U.S. and other Western opposition.

    “A number of students at the Sharif University of Technology have announced their readiness to work in the nuclear industry promising to rob the enemies of sleep, Mehrdad Bazrpash, an official at the university, said on Monday,” reported the Tehran Times.

    Natanz was the site of the STUXNET cyber attack, which destroyed 1,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges. Iran has purported evidence of CIA involvement in the killing of Roshan. The accusations of American involvement in Roshan’s assasination come as U.S.�“Iranian tensions over the Straits of Hormuz run high.

    Recently, Tehran also announced the death sentence of former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati. Tehrabn — an employee of Kuma Games, a New York-based video game development company — who was arrested and accused of spying.

    “Minister of Science, Research, and Technology Kamran Daneshjo also told a press conference on Monday that “three hundred talented students at Sharif university and about a thousand brilliant students at the country’s universities have applied in recent days to change their major and start studying nuclear physics and nuclear engineering,” reported the Tehran Times.

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    52 comments

    • Happy puppy  •  Henryetta, Oklahoma  •  4 mths ago
      Just wait till they all graduate and want to find jobs.Is their government going to put them ALL to work? and what makes them think they really need that many nuclear scientists anyway?If they are dumb enough they will realize prob close to graduation that they just wasted 4 plus yrs of their life to make a political statement that isn't going to put food on their table.Heck with that many nuclear scientists, getting a a job in that field in Iran will become like winning the lottery.We don't even know that they get paid that well in comparison to other engineering jobs.
    • Real Ist  •  Beverly Hills, California  •  4 mths ago
      Imagine if US students were that excited to go into science fields.
    • ronnyo  •  4 mths ago
      I think it's more the Israelis that the US doing this covert work-----maybe with US help but probably not the US directly..
    • Dr Evil  •  4 mths ago
      if americans admit they kill and terrorize nations because they can , I would just say , well most of nations in the history behaved like that . so nothing new.
      but the hypocritical brainwashed idiots that get their news from their bias manipulative media, they truly believe they are doing good . UNF__ING BELIEVABLE !!!
    • Old Scratch  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  4 mths ago
      Coincidentally the Mossad ordered 1000 more magnetic car bombs
    • Cartigan  •  4 mths ago
      It's amazing the stupidity of people here. This is clearly just propaganda news from Iran. 1000 students probably change their major to nuclear physics daily in Iran. And then 1000 nuclear physics students probably change to 100 different majors the next day. It's a nation of 75 million people. Moreover, you think the nation of Iran isn't going to pull together when seeing their nation attacked from the outside? Your problem is you only think of people you agree with as people and everyone else as not-really-people.
    • Paul  •  Norfolk, Virginia  •  4 mths ago
      They should probably take some acting classes and a few in makeup with a specialty in disguises.
    • Stealth  •  Prescott, Arizona  •  4 mths ago
      And only about 10 are smart enough to make a difference.
    • Russell W H  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 mths ago
      Yeah right! Like nuclear physicists grow on trees. LOL! I am envious though in that this dude must smoke some really serious hash to come up with brain f*rts like this. Too funny!
    • Dr. Funks Info  •  4 mths ago
      The planet Earth is tired of Nukes.
      • Vito 4 mths ago
        Guess diviner, who disarms first? We must not be silly, nukes make PEACE. Nuclear war? There are no winners ...-
    • Babbler  •  Reno, Nevada  •  4 mths ago
      Now that dutch cartoon of the turban with a bomb will have the nuke symbol on it with a subtext of 1,000
    • rodney  •  4 mths ago
      Good. 1000 more targets. That's smart.
    • robert  •  Canton, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      Does this mean they have to give their suicide bomb vests back?
    • Ralph G  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      Only way Iran does not develop nuclear weapons is by declaring the WHOLE mid-east nuclear free and having ALL nations submit to intrusive random inspections. The alternative is to submit to US-Israeli domination and that is not going to happen.
    • Cathy  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  4 mths ago
      hard too get sleep or study for exams with 1000 drones flying over the university.
      KABOOOOOOOOOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Ernesto FidelF  •  Homestead, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      good more homework to do when they cross the red line
    • Ernesto FidelF  •  Homestead, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      that is good we will have more to kill when they cross the red line
    • Derek  •  4 mths ago
      Oh yea more Islamic Extremist who want to switch to a major which with the right mindset can build a device capable of leveling cities and killing hundreds of Thousands of people......And in the Country most Americans are afraid have these devices.....Sounds like fun.....(Hint of Sarcasm,actually a lot). Americans should switch to Chemical or Biologicaal Engineering,or Electrical(not sure weapons can be made)
    • Steve  •  4 mths ago
      Sure, and I'm going to change my major to theater, and next week I'll be Harrison Ford. Yeah. Even if true, this seems a really great way to get a bunch of really incompetent engineers and scientists. It starts a long time before university.
      • michaelc 4 mths ago
        They are probably already majoring in physics anyway.
    • Cannon Fodder  •  Denver, Colorado  •  4 mths ago
      Sounds alot like the staged mourning for N. Koreas "beloved leader"!
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