By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made an appeal to the leading clerics of Iran who had gathered together at a conference in Teheran.
The appeal was do not "close the gates to the world."
Rouhani was referring to internet and to the sciences.
Rouhani told the religious leaders that Iran needs to teach technology and science and that the youth of Iran need to engage with them.
Iranian clerics have been against the internet and against 3G connectivity and against 3G service out of the fear that the evil elements of the internet will have a horrific impact and negative influence on Iranian youth and on the future of Iran.
The religious leaders are concerned about the moral decay of a society that uses the internet. Rouhani urged them to be more open to new technology and new ideas. Without these new technologies Iran will not be able to compete or to defend itself.
Rouhani promised that he would liberalize many aspects of Iran including the internet. That is not as easy as he originally suggested it would be. Progress may just be on the Iranian horizon.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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