Iran: Strengthening the basic sciences is a strategy to strengthen the country's scientific authority.
The head of the Center for Medicinal Plant Research, which is affiliated with the Academic Jihad, said in an interview that the emphasis on basic sciences reflects a strategic change in the definition of the country's scientific and technological strength. The scientific authority, according to him, comes from producing new theories, methodologies, algorithms and solutions locally, an ability that comes from mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. He added that those with higher abilities bear more responsibility towards society.