{"id":310970,"date":"2023-08-22T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=310970"},"modified":"2023-08-22T16:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:27:17","slug":"as-uprising-threat-looms-regime-tightens-grip-on-irans-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/as-uprising-threat-looms-regime-tightens-grip-on-irans-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"As Uprising Threat Looms, Regime Tightens Grip on Iran\u2019s Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the impending anniversary of the 2022 uprising, the regime is ramping up its repressive strategies to avoid the revival of the widespread protests that rocked the entire ruling establishment for several consecutive months. Among these strategies is a focus on universities and students, who played a crucial part in the 2022 uprisings. They acted as the intellectual compass of society, steering the nation clear of the regime’s historical tactics of misleading dissent.<\/p>\n

According to a document published and circulated in Iran\u2019s universities, the government of Ebrahim Raisi has initiated the process of recruiting 15,000 Basij members and regime supporters as academic faculty members. This recruitment is being done \u201con a quota basis, urgently, and outside the existing academic framework of universities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the spread of the news, the sole government official to react<\/a> to this report was the spokesperson of Raisi’s Ministry of Science. Their response, however, came late and involved denying the “covert and unauthorized appointment of certain academic faculty members within universities.”<\/p>\n

This contradiction arises even in light of documents unveiled by the Telegram channel “GhyamSarnegouni<\/a>,” which exposed that the country’s National Security Council issued a resolution last December, instructing for the “recruitment of academic faculty members in alignment with the standards of the Islamic Revolution in universities.”<\/p>\n

Furthermore, other documents reveal that decisions have been formulated against protesting students, dissenting professors, and those not adhering to the establishment’s principles. These decisions were taken within a security-intelligence committee overseen by the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and these proceedings spanned 10 sessions from December 2022 to February 2023.<\/p>\n

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"Down with the Oppressor, Be it the SHAH or The SUPREME LEADER": A popular slogan chanted by protesters in universities across Iran. WATCH pic.twitter.com\/knAwYP6Z12<\/a> #IranProtests<\/a> #\u0645\u0647\u0633\u0627_\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u0646\u06cc<\/a> #\u0645\u0631\u06af_\u0628\u0631_\u0633\u062a\u0645\u06af\u0631_\u0686\u0647_\u0634\u0627\u0647_\u0628\u0627\u0634\u0647_\u0686\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n