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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

‘Academic decline‘: Why are university professors being expelled in Iran?

Protests decrying the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody have died down, but professors who supported them have been sacked from universities [UGC image posted on Twitter/AFP Photo]

Tehran, Iran – A number of professors in some of Iran’s most prestigious universities have been expelled, prompting a debate over whether their terminations are related to support for last year’s nationwide protests.

The protests began in September after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody following her arrest by the morality police for alleged non-compliance with a mandatory dress code for women.

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