How The MIT Of Iran Helps Create Silicon Valley Startups

Forbes

By Elizabeth MacBride

If Iran abides by the terms of the nuclear deal that call for inspections and a reduction in its nuclear infrastructure, economic sanctions in place since the Revolution in 1979 could begin to lift early next year.

What many people don’t realize, though, is the extent to which Iranian immigrants have long been a force in the U.S. economy, especially in the tech sector. I wrote about an Iranian tech entrepreneur building a modular smart watch to compete with Apple AAPL -0.39% Watch a few weeks ago. Since then, Blocks has raised $1.1 million on Kickstarter.