By Sean Coughlan Education correspondent 23 June 2015 From the section Business Universities are spearheading the re-opening of links between the US and Iran A group of senior United States university representatives has visited Iran, in what is believed to be the biggest academic delegation since the 1970s. As relations between the two countries begin to thaw, the delegation met representatives of 13 Iranian universities and research institutes. The symbolic visit revives what were once strong academic links. Before the Islamic revolution in 1979, Iran was the biggest source of overseas students in the US. There are now about 11,000 Iranian students in the US - compared with 270,000 from...
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