Lonely Planet Iran (travel Guide) / quote 10 of 12

Iran's brain drain

attitude that anyone who doesn’t like life in Iran ‘should just leave’, every year more than 150,000 educated young people leave Iran for countries such as the UK, Australia, the USA and Canada, where Iranians are the most educated group of immigrants. (1287-1289)

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