Free Iran:  The Green opposition needs to capitalize on this fortuitous development.  Clusters are a critical part of creating a web of networks.  Just consider the Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Wall Street, K Street or Houston (for oil & Gas). The Iranian opposition needs its place too.  These students need resources.  A group needs to be created to help raise funds for them.

DELFT, NETHERLANDS – A dreamy university town in the Netherlands known as the birthplace of 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer has become a major center for Iranian activists abroad.

More than 1,000 Iranian students, the majority fresh arrivals from Iran’s best universities, are studying applied physics and aerospace engineering at the Delft University of Technology, and meeting during evenings in cafes that line the city’s canals.

The university hosts one of the largest communities of visiting Iranian scholars in Europe, and many are involved with the Iranian opposition movement.

For many, Delft’s Iranian student community represents the emergence of a new breed of Iranian opposition activists abroad that is more individual, shuns ideology and promotes debate over conflict. Many here say they want an Iran that is connected to the world, but they also support nationalist causes such as Iran’s right to nuclear energy.

“This place has become a think tank on the future of Iran,” said Sohrab, who is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering and arrived here less than a year ago. Like many others here, he said he was rejected by U.S. universities in part because of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program. Sohran spoke on the condition that his last name not be used.