I guess I’m under the impression that Iran treats its Jews the way Jews used to be treated in Europe: Barring them from various professions, forcing them to do things they wouldn’t do, etc., etc.

So I don’t think of Iranian Jews as professionals. I’m sure some are, but I’d love to see information on that account. My suspicion is that Iran keeps its Jews on a very, very short leash.

Anyway, as for the Iranian “miracle cure” for AIDS, see this treatment in a blog you’ve likely never seen,
http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2006/09/iranian-nuclear-program-explained.html
The folks that know nuclear science are laughing (um, if you deplete Deuterium, you have – Hydrogen! Scary, isn’t it – not).

Iran is putting loonies in charge of most important areas of import (some would argue the same of Bush and the NIH), but Iran is doing it everywhere.

Besides, there aren’t any Jewish doctors in Iran.

Huh? Why would you think there aren’t Jewish doctors in Iran? There are 30,000 Jews there!

There are well establlished means of testing the efficacy of a drug. Submit it to scientific tests and replication of the experiments by scientists not involved in the development. If it works, fine, it’s about time some Muslim nation did something other than blow up other people’s airliners. If not…In hoc modo millis frangitur. That is Latin for “That’s the way the cookie crumbles”.

I’m not going to take any bets on whether they will submit the report to a peer-reviewed journal and allow replication of the experiments. I’m sure they won’t.

chsw