Tehran  - The Iranian-American child prodigy Alia Sabur said that she was not Iranian and did not have Iranian roots, ISNA news agency reported Monday.

"I am not an Iranian and have no Iranian roots. The nationality of my parents are my private business and have no need to be exposed," ISNA news agency quoted Sabur as saying.

"I was born in New York and consider myself as a scientist belonging to the whole world," ISNA quoted her further as saying.

Last February, Sabur was registered by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest professor, after she was appointed professor of mathematics in Seoul's Konkuk University at 19. (dpa)