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Uncovering the Iran of Innovators: First Tehran Sandbox Dinner

July 29th, 2010 by Lilly Bussmann

Thinking of Iran, words that come to mind mostly are in the realm of ”nuclear weapons”, “sanctions”, “chador” or “petrol” – and on TV, news from Iran hardly ever is good news. On the ground, things look different: there’s also the Iran of startup entrepreneurs from e-learning to nano-tech, of upcoming contemporary artists, of high-end researchers, movie directors and musicians. The Iran of
innovators.

So Sandbox Network is going new ways and is extending to Iran, helping to build bridges and fostering good relationships, openness and innovation. As a first step, our early member Hannes Gassert, currently in Iran, and local open source entrepreneur Ashkan Roshanayi are organizing the country’s first Sandbox Dinner in two weeks. Should you be in the area, then please sign up here or send us a private message to hannes@gassert.ch. And don’t forget to forward this good news from Iran whoever might be interested to come as well. If you can’t come, but there’s something you always wanted to know about isolated Iran and its innovators but never dared to ask: please do leave a comment!