If I'm reading graphs right, there were about 300k publications from the US in 2009 and about 10k from Iran, so, about 3% the output of the US, or about 14% adj

If I'm reading graphs right, there were about 300k publications from the US in 2009 and about 10k from Iran, so, about 3% the output of the US, or about 14% adjusted per capita. (This naturally doesn't argue your point -- I was just curious what the real numbers were.)