Iranian physicists excited at prospects for a new physics lab and greater collaboration with the rest of the world.
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15 April 2015
An earlier version of the story stated that Iran found a bank willing to accept its payment of dues to CERN. It was CERN, not Iran, that found the bank. In addition, the text implied that Iran is a full member of CERN — it is involved in specific projects at the lab. The text has been corrected to reflect this.
21 April 2015
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/520421b
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Butler, D. Iran nuclear deal raises hopes for science. Nature 520, 274–275 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/520274a
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