Obligatory Retirements at Tehran U. Raise Fears of Political Purge

The Chronicle: Obligatory Retirements at Tehran U. Raise Fears of Political Purge

The University of Tehran announced last week that 40 to 45 faculty members who had reached the age of 65 were being “retired.” The announcement raised concerns that, in some of the cases, professors had been chosen for retirement because of their opposition to Iran’s conservative Islamic authorities.

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