Iran replaces Tehran University chancellor after student protests

by E Wayne Ross on February 11, 2008

International Herald Tribune: Iran replaces Tehran University chancellor after student protests

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran replaced Tehran University’s chancellor, who was the first Islamic cleric appointed by the hard-line government to the post, with a non-cleric economics instructor after allegations of mismanagement, state media reported Sunday.

The government-owned IRAN newspaper said the former university chief, cleric Ayatollah Abbasali Amid Zanjani, was replaced by Farhad Rahbar, a non-cleric who had been an economics teacher at the oldest university in Tehran.