At the cusp of the reopening of universities and on the anniversary of the 2022 nationwide uprising, Iran’s regime has intensified its attacks on the university from different directions. On the one hand, the regime is dismissing “critical” professors and replacing them with aligned elements, or as one academician put it, “artificial injection of fake professors.”
On the other hand, Iranian authorities have engaged in the expulsion of many students from universities and filling the vacancies with regime loyalists. In response to the wave of protests regarding the expulsion of certain critical professors, Mohammad Moghimi, the president of the University of Tehran denied any “expulsion” of professors from the university and simultaneously claimed that some professors have been prevented from working due to “ethical problems and complaints.” … .
While regime is seeing its power diminish, by putting the blade on the university’s throat, it will deepen its isolation in the society. This is the inevitable path for medieval regime, which sees its existence in conflict with the university. Regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini confirmed this in his hateful statements against the university after the 1979 revolution. Therefore, against the explosive state of the society and the growing revolutionary resistance, such measures will do the regime no service.
