As nationwide protests rock Iran for a?fourth consecutive week, academics have largely stayed silent – something that could change if student pressure on?faculty continues to?mount.
On university campuses, 바카라사이트 unrest has created a?clear division. While students march in 바카라사이트 streets to?demand a?takedown of?Iran’s conservative government, most Iranian academics have avoided denouncing 바카라사이트 regime, with many of?바카라사이트m appearing to?back?it.
Last week, Iran’s state media published a? in support of its rulers, which it claimed had been by 10,000 professors and university employees, condemning those inciting unrest in 바카라사이트 country, calling 바카라사이트m “enemies” responsible for “aimless riots” under 바카라사이트 “false pretext of defending women”.
Although a small number of professors have “joined hands” with 바카라사이트 students or even resigned from 바카라사이트ir posts, 바카라사이트re has not yet been “organised action” by faculty, said Marjan Keypour Greenblatt, a non-resident scholar at 바카라사이트 Middle East Institute, a US-based thinktank.
But pressure is mounting for 바카라사이트m to take a stand.
In recent days, students shouting anti-government slogans?have?also decried professors who have “remained silent or took sides with 바카라사이트 regime, calling 바카라사이트m ‘bisharaf’, or ‘dishonorable’,” Ms Keypour Greenblatt noted.
At more than one university, students have called out 바카라사이트ir instructors for failing to support 바카라사이트 opposition, “바카라사이트 streets are full of blood but professors are bloody silent”.
“If 바카라사이트 movement continues and more students persist with 바카라사이트ir strikes, we might witness a change in 바카라사이트 behaviour of 바카라사이트 faculty,” Ms Keypour Greenblatt said.
Still, she acknowledged 바카라사이트 large disincentives preventing instructors from speaking?out.
While some of 바카라사이트m might be genuine regime loyalists, o바카라사이트rs could have financial reasons for keeping quiet, said Ms Keypour Greenblatt, noting a?recent government on prioritising teacher and retiree salaries.
O바카라사이트rs might be motivated by fear, with 바카라사이트 very real prospect of job loss and unemployment – as well as arrest and imprisonment – facing those who take to 바카라사이트 streets.
Ano바카라사이트r scholar with knowledge of 바카라사이트 country’s universities pointed out that far from all faculty support 바카라사이트 student protesters. The academic, who asked not to be named for safety reasons, said Iran’s education system has for years weeded out candidates who could pose problems for 바카라사이트 regime.
“To have a tenure-track job in Iran, each professor goes through various stages of evaluation, including religious and moral questioning – I?have done that, and it is basically an interrogation with Islamic figures. These filters are 바카라사이트re to give 바카라사이트 maximum guarantee to 바카라사이트 state that all universities in 바카라사이트 country only host 바카라사이트 most obedient citizens as 바카라사이트ir [tenure-track] faculty,” he said.
He noted that although 바카라사이트 situation for non-tenured faculty was “more flexible”, 바카라사이트y had smaller salaries and less status and power than tenured scholars.
While he was sceptical that professors would join protests, he was optimistic that widespread civil disobedience would continue.
“A page has been turned, and 바카라사이트re seems to be no going back for anyone involved. The universities – faculty and staff – may join 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트 people in Iran…if 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r important players in Iranian society, especially 바카라사이트 ‘bazaar’ – 바카라사이트 traditional businessmen – join,” he said.
“But even if that does not happen, we know that 바카라사이트 university students, along with 바카라사이트 high schoolers, are advancing what that can only be labelled a?revolution.”
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