This project will support cooperative activities with Iran, including meetings of experts, individual and group visits in both directions, and continuing consultations with scientific and intellectual leaders and government officials in the United States and Iran. Among the topical areas of near-term interest are climate change, conservation of wetlands, water and air pollution, desalination, hospital administration, and breast cancer.

A meeting will take place in December 2017 between American, TWAS, and Iranian scientists. The purpose of the meeting is to (a) consider adaptation to impacts of climate change in the United States and Iran and (b) identify focal points for future collaborative efforts in environmental science and technology. A Workshop Proceedings in Brief will be produced following the meeting.

In addition, Glenn Schweitzer will prepare an individually authored report that documents the history of the U.S.-Iran engagement program from 2010 to 2016.